Water

Wimmera farmer named on North Central CMA board

Wimmera farmer Mary Bignell has been appointed to the board of the North Central Catchment Management Authority. North Central CMA’s chair Julie Miller Markoff said Ms Bignell’s farming experience and working in natural resource management was...

Rodney Woods

Littleproud’s journey down the Murray

Readers may recall the Federal Water Minister’s effigy was launched into the Murray River at a water protest rally at Tocumwal in September.

Geoff Adams

Regional communities to take water fight to Canberra

Food producers and their supporters demanding action to save farmers and rural communities will converge on Canberra early next month. A Convoy to Canberra is the latest event hosted by several water lobby groups across the Goulburn, Murray and...

Rodney Woods

Regional communities to take water fight to Canberra

Food producers and their supporters demanding action to save farmers and rural communities will converge on Canberra early next month. A Convoy to Canberra is the latest event hosted by several water lobby groups across the Goulburn, Murray and...

Rodney Woods

Politicians want more details on 100Gl allocation

State Member for Shepparton Suzanna Sheed said news that the Federal Government would release 100Gl of water for fodder production would be welcomed by the farmers who are able to use it. “My view is that it will be very welcomed by farmers...

Rodney Woods

Call to attach conveyance losses to CEWH

Barham’s Neil Eagle has a simple solution to give northern Victorian and southern Riverina farmers immediate access to irrigation water. Mr Eagle is calling for 1000Gl of conveyance losses to be immediately attached to the Commonwealth...

Sophie Baldwin

Water quality to be monitored

Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority is keeping an eye on the water quality in creeks, rivers and wetlands across the catchment, with forecasts for a dry, warm spring and summer.

Jamieson Salter

Mixed views on potential success of 100Gl roll-out

Some of the region’s farmers are set to get some relief from dry conditions and high input costs with the Federal Government announcing 100Gl of water will be released to grow feed.

Rodney Woods

MDBA unhappy with 60 Minutes episode

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has submitted a formal complaint following the 60 Minutes segment Water Rats, which aired on October 27. The MDBA said the program breached the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice section 3.3.1, which...

Jamieson Salter

One Nation senator impresses irrigators

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts toured the region last week as part of a Murray-Darling Basin fact finding mission, which has left him in no doubt basin communities are facing a national emergency. Senator Roberts visited a small group of...

Sophie Baldwin

Wetlands inquiry open

A public inquiry into the protection of wetlands under the Ramsar Convention will be open for public submissions until Friday, November 29. The Victorian Parliament’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee inquiry comes after the...

Country News

Chris Brooks ready for a water fight

Chris Brooks has vowed to have a new combative approach to address water issues after being re-elected as Berrigan Irrigators Council chair. Mr Brooks said the “soft” approach of past leaders had been ineffective. The Berrigan Irrigators Council has...

Country News

Moira now eligible for drought funding

Moira Shire will be eligible for federal drought funding after initially being told it missed out, following intervention by Federal Water Minister David Littleproud. Federal Member for Nicholls Damian Drum confirmed the eligibility publicly last...

Geoff Adams

Nats push for Big Buffalo

The Victorian National Party wants an investigation into expanding Lake Buffalo into a larger dam, but the Victorian Government says “no”. The party also would like the inquiry to include a pipeline from Lake Buffalo to Lake Nillahcootie to improve...

Geoff Adams

Conditions likely to worsen, says MDBA

The head of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority has warned of dire conditions across the crucial river system, with the situation expected to worsen during a hot and dry summer. MDBA chief executive Phillip Glyde said the most critical situation was...

Geoff Adams

Hydro joins Victorian energy list

The Victorian Parliament has approved the inclusion of hydro electricity in a list of included energy sources as part of the Victorian Renewable Energy Target. The amendment, presented by State Member for Eastern Victoria Jeff Bourman, was passed...

Geoff Adams

New bill to tackle water transparency

NSW State Member for Murray Helen Dalton hasn’t been afraid to tackle the big issues since she stepped into parliament this year — water, agriculture and rural communities are at the top of her list.

Sophie Baldwin

Mokoan reform has hurt water entitlements

Your readers, and indeed many Broken River diverters, may not be aware of the injustice that has been perpetrated on them. In a letter from (Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville’s) office we have been told that we can expect zero allocation...

Geoff Adams

ACCC seeks feedback on water markets

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is calling on irrigators and other water market participants to share their views on the operation of water markets in the Murray-Darling Basin. An issues paper released on Friday outlines the key...

Geoff Adams