Tag: Irrigation
Govt urged to provide irrigators' subsidy
A Family First legislative councillor, Robert Brokenshire, wants the South Australian Government to subsidise the interest that irrigators pay on bank loans to buy temporary water.[MORE]
No go for Wakool irrigation sell-off
There will be no wholesale sell-off of the Wakool irrigation district after a survey of more than 200 of its farming families.[MORE]
Irrigation channels set to water wetlands
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Conservationists want to use irrigation channels to deliver a much-needed drink to wetlands in southern NSW.[MORE]
Basin climate change report highlights water challenges
The Queensland Farmers Federation (QFF) says the state faces some tough decisions about water use and irrigation over the next three years. [MORE]
Agreement on water rights sought
The State Government says it is still trying to get an agreement on uncapped water rights with irrigators on the Lake River in Tasmania's northern midlands.[MORE]
Costa refuses to waive water charges
The State Water Minister says he is open to irrigators' suggestions about dealing with fixed water charges, but he still will not be waiving them.[MORE]
CMA angry over withheld water funds
The Namoi Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has renewed its criticism of the Federal Government's decision to withhold payments to Namoi Valley water users as part of a four-year structural adjustment package.[MORE]
Wong seeks advice over Community Development Fund status
The Federal Government appears to have thrown into doubt the future of funding arrangements to help irrigators affected by large scale structural adjustments in the Namoi Valley.[MORE]
Cubbie Group may sell water rights
The chairman of the biggest irrigation enterprise in the Murray-Darling Basin says he has not ruled out selling water entitlements to the Federal Government's buyback scheme.[MORE]
Irrigators fight against water barriers
A group of north-west Victorian irrigators says it is investigating legal action to force water to be returned to a Murray River lakes system.[MORE]
Campaspe irrigators not optimistic about water allocation
Irrigators on the Campaspe system say they are facing another season with no water allocation.[MORE]
Murray growers 'can't take much more'
Farmers on the Murray River in southern New South Wales have suffered another dismal growing season. [MORE]
Tandou water buyout moves forward
The next stage of a government-funded deal to buy supplementary water entitlements from the massive Tandou property near Menindee, in western New South Wales, could happen in the next month.[MORE]
Little chance of irrigators' allocations reaching 30pc
Victorian irrigators on the Murray River are being told their allocations are now unlikely to reach 30 per cent this season.[MORE]
Qld irrigators stand firm on water licence sales
Southern Queensland irrigators say they won't be selling their water licences to the Federal Government.[MORE]
Small rise in allocations for northern irrigators
There has been a small increase to allocations for irrigators in northern Victoria.[MORE]
Water allocations remain unchanged
The South Australian Government has announced water allocations will remain at 15 per cent for the next month.[MORE]
Vic water allocation announcements loom
There has been no further increase to water allocations for New South Wales irrigators on the Murray.[MORE]
Qld irrigators back Murray water handover
Irrigators are supporting the Queensland Government's move to give the Commonwealth more than 10 billion litres of un-allocated water from the state's Murray-Darling Basin catchments.[MORE]
Murray Irrigation plans job cuts
Murray Irrigation will start cutting jobs early next year because of limited water for trading. [MORE]
Push for diversified basin committee members
The secretary of the Darling River Action Group says his application to be on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's community committee would provide a perspective that does not centre on irrigation. [MORE]
Drought affecting Qld section of Murray-Darling less
A new survey of irrigation farms across the Murray-Darling Basin has found those in Queensland have not been as seriously affected by drought as their southern counterparts.[MORE]
Govt urged to make water rights review public
There are calls for the State Government to release its review of controversial water rights in Tasmania.[MORE]
Murray-Darling drought update looms
The Murray-Darling Basin Commission will today hand down its drought update for the next two months.[MORE]
Calls to overhaul long standing water rights in Tasmania
The State Government has confirmed there are about 60 historic water licences in the Midlands area.[MORE]
