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ABC upholds show complaint

A recent ruling by the ABC’s Audience and Consumer Affairs unit has upheld a complaint about coverage of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan by ABC’s Background Briefing, finding it contained issues with accuracy and a lack of impartiality.

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VFF election asks criticised by Sheed

Despite not being one of the VFF’s top five Victorian election issues, water was the dominant discussion point at the VFF’s candidates forum in Shepparton last week.

Rodney Woods
Water

Call to give more water

Moama’s Richard Ham has been left wondering if the elected representatives for the NSW side of the Murray Valley at both state and federal levels are being taken seriously in the halls of Canberra.

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Meeting discusses water policy

Farmers and members of the Cohuna community were given the chance to discuss federal water policy when State Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh and Federal Nationals deputy leader Bridget McKenzie spent an afternoon in Cohuna last week.

Sophie Baldwin
Water

Seeing the big picture

A real-time monitoring system is helping Goulburn-Murray Water find efficiencies and savings when it comes to maintaining more than $5.1billion of assets and 10000km of channels, drains and pipes.

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Water efficiency project consultations come to Rochester

The Federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is set to return to the region this week, following complaints communities didn’t receive enough notice about water efficiency project consultations.

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Plan has been ‘mismanaged’

The plan to save the Murray-Darling Basin has been plagued by maladministration with those implementing the rescue disregarding science, failing to account for climate change and almost totally opposed to transparency, South Australia’s royal commission investigating the river system has been told.

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Minister visits canal

The Mulwala Canal is vital to local farmers and their communities, according to Federal Agriculture and Water Resources Minister David Littleproud.

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Changes recommended on delivery shares

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Minister aims to limit impact

Federal Agriculture and Water Minister David Littleproud has moved to calm concerns over the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, calling on all parties to ‘‘take a leap of faith’’.

Alana Christensen
Water

No trust in basin plan

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan continues to be plagued by a lack of trust, with farmers, environmentalists and even Federal Water Minister David Littleproud voicing concerns.

Alana Christensen
Water

Allocations rise for Victorian farmers

Water allocations in the Murray, Goulburn and Loddon systems in the Goulburn-Murray Water district have increased.

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Storages resilient: G-MW

The regulated rivers, catchments and storages managed by Goulburn-Murray Water are showing resilience to the dry conditions gripping other parts of Australia, according to the authority.

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Water plans risk missing cut-off

Despite progress being made with water resource plans, there remains a risk not all plans will be accredited by the July 2019 deadline, says Murray-Darling Basin Authority chair Neil Andrew.

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Wetland rejuvenated

Kinnairds Wetland near Numurkah has been rejuvenated with a 400Ml environmental flow.

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Katunga water dispute resolved

Katunga organic dairy farmers Colin and Heather Stone will be able to grow feed this season, after reaching an interim agreement with construction giant Boral.

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Biased language questioned

Goulburn Murray Irrigation District Water Leadership Group has challenged the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and now the Productivity Commission over language used in water recovery for the Murray-Darling Basin.

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Basin plan is ‘destroying’ farms and towns

When Chris Brooks retired to work on the family cropping farm at Barooga in NSW, he thought life was going to be pretty simple.

Sophie Baldwin

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Shepparton’s Sharp family recovering from crash at school crossing

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