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Meeting discusses water policy

Farmers and members of the Cohuna community were given the chance to discuss federal water policy when State Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh and Federal Nationals deputy leader Bridget McKenzie spent an afternoon in Cohuna last week.

Sophie Baldwin
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Seeing the big picture

A real-time monitoring system is helping Goulburn-Murray Water find efficiencies and savings when it comes to maintaining more than $5.1billion of assets and 10000km of channels, drains and pipes.

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Water efficiency project consultations come to Rochester

The Federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is set to return to the region this week, following complaints communities didn’t receive enough notice about water efficiency project consultations.

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Plan has been ‘mismanaged’

The plan to save the Murray-Darling Basin has been plagued by maladministration with those implementing the rescue disregarding science, failing to account for climate change and almost totally opposed to transparency, South Australia’s royal commission investigating the river system has been told.

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Minister visits canal

The Mulwala Canal is vital to local farmers and their communities, according to Federal Agriculture and Water Resources Minister David Littleproud.

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Feds return for more water talks

The Federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is set to return to the region next week, following complaints communities didn’t receive enough notice about water efficiency project consultations. The department originally traveled to the...

Alana Christensen
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Changes recommended on delivery shares

■Seasonal delivery shares:

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Minister aims to limit impact

Federal Agriculture and Water Minister David Littleproud has moved to calm concerns over the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, calling on all parties to ‘‘take a leap of faith’’.

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No trust in basin plan

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan continues to be plagued by a lack of trust, with farmers, environmentalists and even Federal Water Minister David Littleproud voicing concerns.

Alana Christensen
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Allocations rise for Victorian farmers

Water allocations in the Murray, Goulburn and Loddon systems in the Goulburn-Murray Water district have increased.

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Schwarz rejects water claim

Internal documents from Goulburn-Murray Water have been leaked which show a protracted dispute over $850000 between Shepparton Nationals candidate Peter Schwarz and the Connections project.

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Storages resilient: G-MW

The regulated rivers, catchments and storages managed by Goulburn-Murray Water are showing resilience to the dry conditions gripping other parts of Australia, according to the authority.

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Energy profits hurt farmers

Energy networks are making excessive profits, with their results $2.6billion higher than they should be, according to an independent report.

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Water plans risk missing cut-off

Despite progress being made with water resource plans, there remains a risk not all plans will be accredited by the July 2019 deadline, says Murray-Darling Basin Authority chair Neil Andrew.

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Wetland rejuvenated

Kinnairds Wetland near Numurkah has been rejuvenated with a 400Ml environmental flow.

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Katunga water dispute resolved

Katunga organic dairy farmers Colin and Heather Stone will be able to grow feed this season, after reaching an interim agreement with construction giant Boral.

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Biased language questioned

Goulburn Murray Irrigation District Water Leadership Group has challenged the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and now the Productivity Commission over language used in water recovery for the Murray-Darling Basin.

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Basin plan is ‘destroying’ farms and towns

When Chris Brooks retired to work on the family cropping farm at Barooga in NSW, he thought life was going to be pretty simple.

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Trending stories

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Coomboona Dairies sold

A company associated with Freedom Foods Group has purchased the troubled Coomboona Dairy operation near Undera, once jointly owned by Australian entrepreneur Gerry Harvey. Freedom says it will use the relationship with the large dairy to generate...

Geoff Adams
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New equipment targets weed seeds

Key developments are set to bolster harvester-integrated weed seed destructor technology, ensuring growers are even better prepared for the 2018 harvest and beyond.

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Would you drink this?

Landcare’s Sandy MacKenzie has questioned the progress of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan over the last 10 years as he congratulated the Productivity Commission on their report into the controversial plan. Mr MacKenzie, from Avenel, explained why he...

Rodney Woods
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Farmers form new dairy co-op

Australia’s latest dairy co-op — Eureka Dairy — has been approved by the Australian Competition and Consumer commission and is looking for suppliers. ACCC approval gives it the legal governance required to operate. Interim director, Steve...

Sophie Baldwin