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Drought, our rivers and the basin plan

People living and working in the Goulburn-Murray and the Riverina know all about the extremes of climate that define this important part of Australia.

Country News
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Hay holds message

A Riverina farmer has made a point about water for irrigation using 86 large bales of rice straw hay.

Geoff Adams
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Dry times proof of plan’s importance

Dry times have been sorely testing communities and the environment in the northern Murray-Darling Basin for a long time.

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Giving brings us blessings

I suspect that I have shared this story before, but I believe that the principle behind it is ageless.

Shepparton News
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Plan’s impacts being ignored

The social and economic assessment of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan recently released by Murray-Darling Basin Authority cannot go unanswered.

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Big pats on the back for #fairflow efforts

We want to give a big thanks to everyone in the community who got behind Goulburn Murray Irrigation District Water Leadership Group’s #fairflow campaign over the last two months.

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Drought, our rivers and the basin plan

People living and working in the Goulburn-Murray and the Riverina know all about the extremes of climate that define this important part of Australia.

Country News
Opinion

Hay holds message

A Riverina farmer has made a point about water for irrigation using 86 large bales of rice straw hay.

Geoff Adams
Opinion

Dry times proof of plan’s importance

Dry times have been sorely testing communities and the environment in the northern Murray-Darling Basin for a long time.

Country News
Opinion

Giving brings us blessings

I suspect that I have shared this story before, but I believe that the principle behind it is ageless.

Shepparton News
Opinion

Plan’s impacts being ignored

The social and economic assessment of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan recently released by Murray-Darling Basin Authority cannot go unanswered.

Country News
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Work together to revive all life in the Murray-Darling Basin

Work together to revive all life in the Murray-Darling Basin

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Farmers have a few story ideas for the ABC

Congratulations to the NSW Irrigators Council for standing up to the bias of ABC reporting against the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

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Green light lifts confidence

This month’s bipartisan agreement by the Federal Parliament to amend the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is one we can all applaud.

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There must be something in their water

I have been following an idea that concerned me, about what is going on and how the Environmental Water Holder and the Murray-Darling Basin Authority are being managed to the enormous disadvantage of our regional communities.

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Flawed plan is not sustainable

Several weeks ago a successful meeting was held in Moama to yet again highlight the impacts of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan on the community and the environment.

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Proposed system fairer

With reference to ‘‘Price hike ire’’ (Shepparton News, May 9) regarding foreshore occupation licences issued by Goulburn-Murray Water under the Water Act (1989).

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Get behind basin plan changes

For communities in the southern Murray-Darling Basin, there are many good reasons to support changes to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan that we expect the Federal Parliament to decide in the next couple of weeks.

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Letters to the Editor

The juxtaposition of the two letters in the Country News April 10 edition was telling.

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Very fond of Honda 90

Somewhere in the annals of agricultural history there must be a place for the Honda 90.

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Stop blaming the irrigators

Mr Pettigrew, I have travelled and lived in the area all my life and I have watched the beautiful lush green irrigated paddocks turn in to dry weed-infested fire hazards.

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MG must move on

Is this the end of co-operatives? Someone in the office asked this when the news came in about the Murray Goulburn vote.

Geoff Adams
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Littleproud must attend public water forum

Recently the Federal Agriculture and Water Minister David Littleproud was in the Victorian electorate of Murray and was taken to a series of private meetings with audiences by invitation only.

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