Call to act on Basin Plan parliamentary report
A local MP on the committee looking into the Murray Darling Basin Plan says the final report shows there is a way to save the river system and not destroy communities.
View ArticleTumbarumba mill to face carbon tax 'burden'
The National party says abolishing the carbon tax would go a long way to improving the Riverina Highlands' timber industry.
View ArticleMore water buybacks?
There's concern from irrigators in the region that they'll see more water buybacks after a federal department altered the conversion rates for water diverted for the environment.
View ArticleBaldhill landfill exceeds licence capacity
A group of local councils wants to double the amount of waste going into the Bald Hill Landfill at Jugiong.
View ArticleGriffith reaction
Griffith is likely to be hit hard by the Governments buy back scheme and they are letting the people responsible know how they feel.
View ArticleForests NSW won't guarantee nursery jobs
Forests New South Wales says change is needed in its loss making retail nurseries and that is why they are being outsourced.
View ArticleMurray-Darling plan tours Griffith
Some irrigators along the Murray-Darling Basin believe proposed cuts to water allocation threaten their farms, while others argue more water is vital for rivers and wetlands. The issue will be debated...
View ArticleMassive Griffith water meeting
There are reports of around 12 thousand people attending today's Murray Darling Basin Authority meeting in Griffith.
View ArticleBlaming enviro flows 'mischievous'
An environmentalist says it is mischievous to blame environmental water flows for streambank erosion along the Murrumbidgee River.
View ArticleWestern Division progress on Parks Grazing
A Riverina mayor says it is time to get some commercialism into the running of New South Wales national parks.
View ArticlePrincipal becomes surprise voice on Murray Darling Basin
The principal from Finley High School in the New South Wales Riverina region has unexpectedly become one of the voices on the Murray Darling Basin Plan after a passionate speech caught people's...
View ArticleMore buybacks on the way
The federal Water Minister, Tony Burke says a water buyback in the southern Murray Darling Basin is exactly what irrigators want but is not revealing how many gigalitres the government aims to recover,...
View ArticleFood processors and councils prepare to pay the carbon tax
The Federal Government has released a list of 248 companies that will have to pay $23 per tonne in cabon tax.
View ArticleShooters say taxpayers will benefit from hunting in NSW national parks
The Shooters Party says shooting feral animals in NSW national parks using 'volunteer conservation hunters' is a safe and cost-effective option for taxpayers.
View ArticleA good first step - CSU economist
The carbon tax is a good first step toward an Emissions Trading Scheme according to a Charles Sturt University economist.
View ArticleBasin plan consensus
Water ministers in the Murray-Darling Basin States have reached an agreement on the proposed Basin Plan.
View ArticleDam inquiry sits in Wagga
The need for more dams in New South Wales is under scrutiny at a NSW Parliamentary inquiry which is holding a public hearing in the Riverina today.
View ArticleNSW threatens to impose limit on water buybacks
A limit on water buybacks from January in NSW if no action taken to introduce a cap.
View ArticleGreens attempt to dump Basin Plan fails
The Greens' motion to disallow the Basin Plan has been comprehensively defeated in the Senate, by 44 votes to 9.
View ArticleCalls for forestry contracts to be reviewed
Environmental activists in the New South Wales south east say a review of forestry contracts in the region is urgently needed.
View ArticleGreens: Snowy flows to suffer
Submissions close today on controversial changes to a group set up in 2008 to help deliver increased water flows to the Snowy River.
View ArticleWater agency rejects fear of flooding in the Tumut River with Blowering Dam...
The State Water Corporation says there is no risk of flooding with a 15 % buffer in Blowering Dam, when the Tumut River Landowners' Association spokesman only wants 12%.
View ArticleDeniliquin Mayor says environmental flow research will make the Commonwealth...
A $10m research program into environmental flows has been praised for creating accountability to the Commonwealth environmental water holder.
View ArticleCarbon farming must be 'realistic' in drought country: landholder
A far west landholder and environmental lawyer says the federal government's current carbon farming program is too risky for arid zone producers.
View ArticleCommunity divided over plan to dump Sydney rubbish in Riverina town
A proposal to turn an abandoned mine in the New South Wales Riverina region into a garbage dump has outraged local producers. Grain and livestock farmers in Ardlethan say they have huge concerns about...
View ArticleGovernment urged to do more to address particle pollution
The state government is being urged to do more to address the source of particle pollution across New South Wales, as new data shows the impact of pollution in mining regions.
View ArticleProductivity Commission recommends a wide slash of farm red tape, except...
The Productivity Commission releases a range of sweeping recommendations to cut the costs of regulation in agriculture.
View ArticleLandholders and scientists watch results from calicivirus K5 release
Scientist and landholders across Australia watch for results from the March release of the K5 strain of calicivirus, the newest tool in the control of feral rabbits
View ArticleIrrigators, conservationists united in calls for more accountability with...
The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder says he is committed to accountability and transparency, and looking at ways to better communicate with basin communities.
View ArticleProductivity Commission report card praises nation's water management, but...
Australia's reputation as a world leader in water management is well-deserved but there's more to be done, says the Productivity Commission.
View ArticleFirst day of NSW container deposit scheme and residents already want more
Regional New South Wales residents say they support the container deposit scheme but want to see more facilities available.
View ArticleBrumby cull backflip divides communities across New South Wales and Victoria
The New South Wales Government's decision to reverse a planned cull of brumbies in the Snowy Mountains splits communities across Victoria and NSW.
View ArticleNimmie-Caira wetlands restoration project underway as part of Murray Darling...
After sitting idle since 2013, the vast Nimmie-Caira wetlands in south-western New South Wales is coming to life once more in one of the most ambitious projects under the Murray Darling Basin Plan.
View ArticleThe cotton grower, the water minister, the pumping ban and the broken meter
Facing close to $750,000 in fines for taking 381 megalitres of water during an embargo, irrigator Anthony Barlow pleads guilty to water offences, but maintains the former water minister told him he...
View ArticleFish kill farmer files complaint with police alleging he felt 'intimidated'...
A farmer at the centre of the Menindee fish kill story has lodged a complaint with police, alleging he felt "intimidated" by a staff member of lobby group Cotton Australia.
View ArticleMurray-Darling water plan walks a fine line between efficiency and the...
Taxpayer investments and the water market are making irrigation more efficient and reducing Murray-Darling's base flow. Here's what needs to happen next, write Q J Wang and Avril Horne.
View ArticleMurray-Darling Basin Plan royal commission push endorsed at NSW Farmers...
A motion calling for a royal commission into the MDBP narrowly passes on the final day of the NSW Farmers Conference.
View ArticleMurray-Darling Basin inspector-general to oversee water efficiency,...
A Murray-Darling Basin inspector-general will focus of water efficiency, compliance and theft under a proposal by Water Minister David Littleproud.
View ArticleShoppers warned to brace for higher food prices as Murray-Darling Basin faces...
There are warnings for consumers and farmers that Australia's biggest food bowl, the Murray-Darling Basin, is bracing for a grim end to the year.
View ArticleLatest Snowy Hydro 2.0 environment report criticised by conservationists
Conservationists are alarmed about the amount of vegetation to be cleared for Snowy 2.0, but Snowy Hydro says the benefits outweigh their concerns.
View ArticleGovernment offers one-off payment for farmers coming off Farm Household...
Farmers are entitled to a new, one-off payment from the Federal Government to help them decide if their farm is sustainable or could be sold.
View ArticleMurray-Darling Basin boss paints grim picture for more fish deaths, algal blooms
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority warns it will be another ugly summer, telling politicians that unless it rains soon, water conditions will get worse.
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