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Governor hears water concerns

Blighty’s Hannah Campbell has explained issues of concern in the region to NSW Governor Margaret Beazley.

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Plan submitted

A bumper 1100-page water resource plan has been submitted to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority for review by the Victorian Department of Environment, Water, Land and Planning.

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Rain lifts allocations for South Australia

Recent rain across the Murray-Darling catchment will help lift water allocations for South Australian irrigators.

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Reforms ‘first step’

An emergency water allocation for the dairy industry should be one of four steps taken to improve the management of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, according to a leading think-tank.

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Speak Up wants politics left out of plan fix

Any royal commission into the Murray-Darling Basin Plan must be a genuine effort to solve problems, not another game of political point-scoring, and examine the Water Act itself, according to Speak Up.

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Greater Shepparton City Council calls for basin plan review

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan must be reviewed according to Greater Shepparton City Council, which says hundreds of jobs in the region have been lost as a result of the basin plan and answers are needed.

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Dalton says plan a ‘disaster’

Water was put on the agenda of the NSW Parliament on May 8 when NSW State Member for Murray Helen Dalton made her inaugural speech.

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Water delivery takes a dive

Water delivered across Goulburn-Murray Water’s footprint has fallen by almost a fifth this season, down more than 248Gl on 2017-18.

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Class action lodged

A group of southern Riverina irrigators is seeking $750million for losses in production as a result of ‘‘reckless’’ management of the Murray-Darling Basin.

Alana Christensen
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Quick turnaround for channel upgrades

About 500m of channel has been decommissioned and a number of Rochester irrigators connected to a 500m gravity pipeline, all within 10 days.

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Cautious support for new water grid

An election promise to established a new statutory water authority, dubbed the National Water Grid, should be met with some caution says the Speak Up group.

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Protesters speak out against basin plan

More than 100 members of the region’s agricultural community protested in Rochester last week against the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

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Group fears independent vote

‘‘If Sussan Ley is defeated it will mean almost certain defeat of the ScoMo government. That may happen anyway, and if we’re in the frying pan now a Shorten government would be the fire.’’

Alana Christensen
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Review call for trading

A review of water trading must be undertaken by the next federal government, regardless of who is in power, according to Speak Up.

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Pollies face off but crowd has water on their mind

It may have been billed as a Rural Issues Forum but there was always going to be one issue that dominated discussion: water.

Alana Christensen
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Have your say on GMW’s pricing structure

Mid-May traditionally marks a shift in the activities of Goulburn-Murray Water.

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Future on the line for Thyra growers

Roz Berryman is worried about the future of irrigated agriculture.

Sophie Baldwin
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Wakool and Rochester receive funds to ease water recovery pain

Two communities have received almost $2.5million to help them recover from the effects of water recovery under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

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