The Prime Minister’s $10 billion water plan proposes environmental flows of between six and nine times the volume recommended in The Living Murray plan, which a 2004 parliamentary inquiry roundly reje…
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The real solution to growing water needs and drier times is the building of more dams, but there is no mention of creating additional water storage capacity in the Prime Minister’s $10 billion water p…
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Unprecedented resistance by irrigation farmers and regional communities to proposals by the Federal and State governments to remove a sizable amount of farmers’ water entitlements has seen the Federal…
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Farmers in the Murray Darling Basin face a man-made permanent drought if the Federal and State Governments proceed with proposals to cut farmers’ water rights for environmental river flows, as contain…
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The Murray Valley Community Action Group (MVCAG) has estimated the cost of taking 1,500 gigalitres, or 15% of farmers water allocations in the Murray Darling Basin, at over $5 billion.The proposal to …
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Disastrous drought has most farmers in survival mode, totally focused on surviving until the next rains. But if farmers don’t soon become organised and active, they will be under longer-term threat fr…
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The widespread, worsening drought that could wipe $6 billion off the incomes of already struggling farmers, has highlighted the need to drought proof Australia. The Wimmera-Mallee Sustainable Water Ma…
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