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Media Releases for 2010

Previous Media Releases

2010
21 Dec 2010

MI - MDBA must go back to drawing board on Basin Plan

20 Dec 2010

MI Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Australia

20 Dec 2010

MI Response on the Guide to the proposed Basin Plan

16 Dec 2010

Full allocations for Murray and Murrumbidgee water users

14 Dec 2010

MI - Allocation and Enhancements - Frequently asked Questions

14 Dec 2010

2011 RIRDC Rural Women Award finalists announced

14 Dec 2010

Round two for on-farm irrigation efficiency program - Minister Burke

13 Dec 2010

NIC - Science & data flaws require political intervention

7 Dec 2010

MI - Mike Taylor resignation - proof of MDBA shortcomings

7 Dec 2010

Mike Taylor resignation (Chair of MDBA) - MDBA

3 Dec 2010

SES flood warning for Murrumbidgee River

3 Dec 2010

Allocation increase - NOW

29 Nov 2010

MDBA - New date for comment on the Guide (17 Dec 2010)

26 Nov 2010

MI - New Alliance to Deliver Irrigation Modernisation

23 Nov 2010

MDBA Submission Writing Workshops - MI

23 Nov 2010

MDBA have heard it and now they need to read it - Murrumbidgee Valley Stakeholders

22 Nov 2010

EnviroChampions Share their Knowledge - MI

15 Nov 2010

Murrumbidgee Valley water allocations remain unchanged (NOW)
NOW FACT SHEET: Water Allocation Process and Account Management in the Murrumbidgee Valley

8 Nov 2010

Irrigators welcome Victorian food bowl funds - NIC

5 Nov 2010

MDBA to face the Murrumbidgee music...again - MI

3 Nov 2010

Basin Plan Inquiry Must Travel - NSWIC

1 Nov 2010

Increased water allocations - NOW

27 Oct 2010

Basin Plan won't help with food trade deficit - NIC

27 Oct 2010

Senate Inquiry into MDB Plan - Senator Heffernan

22 Oct 2010

Water Minister has positive message for Basin communities - MI

22 Oct 2010

MDBA releases Volume 2 of Basin Plan Guide - MDBA

18 Oct 2010

MDBA announces further study of local community impacts

15 Oct 2010

Good rainfalls allow GS increase to 51% - NOW
Murrumbidgee Communique Issue 38 - NOW

14 Oct 2010

Inquiry a chance for sanity - MI

14 Oct 2010

Griffith delivers clear message - NSWIC

13 Oct 2010

Time for Scrutiny of Basin Plan - Murrumbidgee Valley Stakeholders

13 Oct 2010

Deniliquin Basin Plan Consultation a Disaster - NSWIC

11 Oct 2010

Basin Plan - Where's the National Water Commission? - NSWIC

10 Oct 2010

10 missing pieces the MDBA must address - NIC

8 Oct 2010

Basin Plan Job Numbers "Deliberate Rubbish" - NSWIC

8 Oct 2010

Water Cuts Beyond Belief - MI

8 Oct 2010

MDBA: Guide to the proposed Basin Plan (16MB PDF)

8 Oct 2010

Basin Plan Guide - Burke Must Act - NSWIC

8 Oct 2010

Basin Plan is a choice, not a necessity - NSWIC

7 Oct 2010

Basin Plan - 23,000 jobs gone in NSW alone - NSWIC

7 Oct 2010

Basin Plan must give answers - NSWIC

6 Oct 2010

Basin Plan could force 1 in 3 NSW farmers to quit agriculture - NSW Farmers Association - Survey Report

6 Oct 2010

Basin Plan 'range' just prolongs the uncertainty - NIC

6 Oct 2010

MI Media Release: Wentworth Group water study springs a leak

Access Economics Report: A critical review of the key literature influencing the current water policy debate within the MDB - preliminary analysis.

Access Economics Report - MI Factsheet

4 Oct 2010

Basin Plan must be balanced for everyone's sake - NIC

4 Oct 2010

MDB invitation to community information sessions

1 Oct 2010

Basin Plan Impact Calculator Launched - NSWIC

1 Oct 2010

Good conditions allow for increase in GS to 47% - now

28 Sep 2010

Plague locust fact sheet - DPI

15 Sep 2010

MI Rice Environmental Monitoring program reinstated for 2010/11 season
MI Rice Growing Policy

15 Sep 2010

Increase to 45% for General Security
NOW Murrumbidgee Communique Issue 37

13 Sep 2010

MI Survey of Interest in Solar Power Offer

13 Sep 2010

MI welcomes new ministerial appointments

10 Sep 2010

MI 2010 Shed Meetings this week

2 Sep 2010

Basin Plan Delay Unacceptable - NSWIC

1 Sep 2010

Water for General Security (14%) - MI

1 Sep 2010

Guide to draft Basin Plan to be released 8 October - MDBA

1 Sep 2010

First General Security allocations for Murrumbidgee Valley - NOW

30 Aug 2010

Basin Authority Meeting Today. Basin Plan Should be Released Today - NSWIC

30 Aug 2010

Supplementary Water Access for Murrumbidgee-State Water

27 Aug 2010 Bidgee Supp Access Extension -NOW
27 Aug 2010 Lake Wyangan Reopens
18 Aug 2010 Election Policy Responses - NSWIC
16 Aug 2010 Increases in HS and S&D water allocations
NOW Murrumbidgee Communique Issue 36
13 Aug 2010 Plague Locust control fact sheet
11 Aug 2010 Coalition water policy - Closer to the mark - MI
11 Aug 2010 Real action on Murray-Darling Basin - Coalition
10 Aug 2010 ALP policy welcomed - NSWIC
10 Aug 2010 NIC welcome ALP commitment - NIC
10 Aug 2010 Buyback only part of solution - MI
10 Aug 2010 ALP water announcement
6 Aug 2010 MI announces charges for 2010/11 season
5 Aug 2010 Stubbs Report that Basin Plan affects all- NSWIC
5 Aug 2010 Report highlights that everyone will pay for cuts - NIC
2 Aug 2010 Increases in HS and S&D Allocations - NSW Office of Water
23 Jul 2010 Basin Plan freedom of information demand - NSWIC
23 Jul 2010 Sharing the knowledge - Wanted: Australia's Best Irrigators - NSWIC
20 Jul 2010 Election no excuse to delay Basin Plan Guide - Murrumbidgee Irrigation
20 Jul 2010 NIC Irrigators outraged over further delay to Basin Plan
20 Jul 2010 NSWIC 'unsurprised' at plan delay - NSWIC
20 Jul 2010 Guide to draft Basin Plan release deferred - MDBA
15 Jul 2010 10% increase for Murrumbidgee High Security water users - NOW
13 Jul 2010 More consultation for Basin water infrastructure charge rules - Wong
12 Jul 2010 Basin Plan - "Get on with it" - NSWIC
Water Act 2007 Briefing Paper - NSWIC
6 Jul 2010 Royal Ag Society of NSW Foundation launches 2010 scholarships program
1 Jul 2010 Commencing allocations announced for Murrumbidgee Valley - NOW
28 Jun 2010 Additional consultation on draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan - MDBA
16 Jun 2010 MI final rostered watering for 09/10 - From 16 to 24 June
15 Jun 2010 NSW Office of Water: Critical water Planning M'bidgee Issue 35
1 Jun 2010 MI rejects Wentworth Group report
1 Jun 2010 New Basin water planning & management charge rules apply - Wong
17 May 2010 Yanga wetlands receive large environmental water flow - Senator Wong
17 May 2010 Eradication trials for noxious weed to commence - MI
17 May 2010 MIA Drainage Channels CLOSED for Sagittaria graminia treatment - MI
17 May 2010 Outlook for NSW Southern Basin Irrigators - NSW Office of Water
14 May 2010 Water for the future- Information Session - DEWHA
13 May 2010 SEASON CLOSE end of May - MI
12 Apr 2010 Budget- Further $100M for water purchasing - Sen Wong
27 Apr 2010 Irrigators welcome ABARE report - NSWIC
27 Apr 2010 New study answers the critics of water purchase - Sen Wong
ABARE report on water buybacks
22 Apr 2010

Basin Plan threatens water availability - MI

20 Apr 2010

Fivebough and Tuckerbil environmental allocation - MI

19 Apr 2010

Students to play a lead role in environment protection - MI

15 Apr 2010

Critical water planning for the Murrumbidgee Valley - Office of Water

15 Apr 2010

Funding announcement for irrigation modernisation - MI

15 Apr 2010 Support required for Wah Wah project - MI
14 Apr 2010 Improved infrastructure for NSW irrigation communities - Senator Wong
14 Apr 2010 Draft legislation to provide capital gains tax relief for irrigators over replacement water entitlements - Assistant Treasurer
13 Apr 2010 Basin Agreement rules applied as Authority assumes control of Menindee Lakes Water - Murray Darling Basin Authority
12 Apr 2010 Water minister to visit Murray-Darling Basin - Senator Wong
12 Apr 2010 Critical water forum to discuss Basin Plan's potential impacts - Combined
Murrumbidgee Valley Water Forum - Advertisement
1 Apr 2010 1% increase for Murrumbidgee general security users - Office of Water
31 Mar 2010 Productivity Commission Report - Senator Wong
Key findings - Productivity Commission Report
25 Mar 2010 Wong wastes water money - Senator Barnaby Joyce
25 Mar 2010 3 Way Bridge Cultural Awareness Park opens March 31- MI & GCC
24 Mar 2010 New report confirms water purchase delivering results - Senator Wong
19 Mar 2010 Lake Wyangan closed to all users - MI & GCC
19 Mar 2010 $100M investment in on-farm irrigation rolls out - Senator Wong
15 Mar 2010 Water purchase tender announced for Lower Balone catchment - Senator Wong
15 Mar 2010 Office of Water: General Security increased to 26%
Critical water Planning M'bidgee Issue 33
12 Mar 2010 Lake Wyangan North reopen to users- MI & GCC
9 Mar 2010 Supplementary water access for Murrumbidgee - State Water
Information for MI customers
3 Mar 2010 CSIRO South-West WA sustainable yields report - Senator Wong
3 Mar 2010 MacFarlane: Abbots water referendum would take basin backwards - Wong
1 Mar 2010 Irrigators Extend Invitation to Payne - NSWIC
1 Mar 2010 12 new water saving infrastructure projects in MDB - Senator Wong
1 Mar 2010 Feb rainfall enables increases of GS to 24% - Office of Water
16 Feb 2010 Abbot abandons regional NSW - NSWIC
15 Feb 2010 Lake Wyangan closed to all users - MI & GCC
15 Feb 2010 Office of Water: General Security increased to 20%
Critical water Planning M'bidgee Issue 32
8 Feb 2010 Strengthening Resilient Economies Conference - GCC
4 Feb 2010 Warning to Lake Wyangan users - MI & GCC
2 Feb 2010 MI General Security Allocation Advance Offer (2%)
1 Feb 2010 No change to Southern Basin allocations - Office of Water
20 Jan 2010 Extra 20 billion litres to benefit Lower Lakes - Senator Wong
20 Jan 2010 NSW Irrigators' Council Welcomes SA Water Deal- NSWIC
19 Jan 2010 Commonwealth welcomes additional water for lower lakes
15 Jan 2010 NSW Irrigators' Council: Abbot without support
15 Jan 2010 Office of Water: General Security increased to 18%
Critical water Planning M'bidgee Issue 31
13 Jan 2010 MDB States sign on water reform
12 Jan 2010 NSWIC response to NSW & SA sharing plan
12 Jan 2010 NSW/SA Gov Joint Media Statement - Water Flows to SA