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First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Northern Basin Advisory Committee meets

A two-day meeting of the Northern Basin Advisory Committee is taking place in the Queensland town of St George.The Northern Basin Advisory Committee (NBAC) provides advice to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.Delegates from Wee Waa, Moree and Inverell ... [Published ABC Online - 1 hour ago]

Entities: John Clements, Murray-Darling Basin, Environment

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Water broker says less money for buybacks

The Federal Government will spend less money on water buybacks and infrastructure investment in the Murray-Darling Basin in the next financial year.Spending on the Sustainable Water Use and Infrastructure item in this year's Budget is down by about half ... [Published ABC Online - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Infrastructure, Murray-Darling Basin, Communities, Portfolio

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Water plan âon trackâ

The water requirements of 18 key Murray-Darling Basin "environmental assets", including Chowilla Floodplain, will be used to calculate the basin's overall water needs. ... [Published Murray Pioneer - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Murray-Darling Basin, Floodplain, Environment

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Taxpayers deserve transparency over Desal Plant funding

Federal and State Labor are both treating taxpayers with contempt by refusing to release information surrounding decisions to fund the Adelaide Desalination Plant, the Coalition’s Murray-Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today.It follows this ... [Published Liberal Party of Australia - May 21 2013]

Entities: Simon Birmingham, Labor, Cost-benefit analysis, Australia

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Public Library of Science

Situation critical in eco report

Hope remains: Despite an ominous study on the health of the Murray-Darling Basin, Coorong District Council Mayor Roger Strother says he has hope for the region's wetlands.DESPITE the recent recuperation of the Coorong after years of drought, the region ... [Published Murray Valley Standard - May 20 2013]

Entities: Murray-Darling Basin, Global Warming/Climate Change, Public Library of Science, Recuperation

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Farmers want water 'banked' for future droughts

Australian farmers want excess water from large floods to be 'banked' in aquifers, for use in dry times.A survey by researchers at the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) shows that farmers in the Namoi catchment area in the ... [Published PhysOrg.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Aquifer, Drought, Australia, Ground Water, M. Arshad

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Julia Gillard

Don’t let us$ die, Michael

BAD SIGN: There were only 40,000 family farms remaining in the country last year, a staggering drop from 204,000 in 1953.FOREIGN INVASION: The value of food imported into Australia has increased from $118 million to $8.9 billion since 1967.MONEY WOES: ... [Published The Area News - May 19 2013]

Entities: Michael McCormack, Agriculture, Australia, Julia Gillard, Coalition

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Weekly weather update: nationwide rain

SHOWERS were experienced across most states this week, with light falls over much of New South Wales, Queensland, the Northern Territory and northern Western Australia.Isolated regions of Victoria, Tasmania and southeastern South Australia received decent ... [Published Efficient Farming - May 17 2013]

Entities: Australia, Murray-Darling Basin, Livestock, Cattle

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Budget letdown:$ Forrest labels Federal Budget ‘more chaos, debt, spin’

THE region’s federal parliamentary representatives have poured cold water over the 2013-14 Federal Budget.Member for Mallee John Forrest dismissed Treasurer Wayne Swan’s sixth budget as “more chaos, debt and spin”.“For Mallee families, this budget does ... [Published Sunraysia Daily - May 15 2013]

Entities: John Forrest, Chaos, Federal

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Coalition support for freshwater research centre - Walsh

Minister for Water Peter Walsh has reinforced the Victorian Coalition Government’s contribution of $30.65 million to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, during a visit to the Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre today.Mr Walsh said the Coalition ... [Published Nationals Victoria - May 15 2013]

Entities: Murray-Darling Basin, Government of Victoria, Coalition, Peter Walsh (Australian Politician), La Trobe University

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

Restoring the Murray-Darling Basin to health

Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities14 May 2013The Gillard Government has locked in its commitment to the historic Murray-Darling Basin reform through the budget today.Water Minister Tony Burke outlined a range of ... [Published Noodls - May 14 2013]

Entities: Murray-Darling Basin, Environment, Tony Burke (Politician), Easement, Food Production

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 2 reports

Olive levy now a national scheme

The SA duck season is officially open, with the Chowilla Game Reserve the only 'regular' Riverland spot off limits.The water requirements of 18 key Murray-Darling Basin "environmental assets", including Chowilla Floodplain, will be used to calculate the ... [Published Murray Pioneer - May 13 2013]

Entities: Murray-Darling Basin, Floodplain, Research & Development

Quotes

"So, it's meeting the balance point of what are the environmental values that have to be protected and how do we protect the jobs at the same time."

Northern Basin Advisory Committee meets [Published ABC Online - 1 hour ago]

"Areas or programs which the government have spent money from that area in the past have really been around buyback and infrastructure investments, so what we could expect to see is less buybacks, less infrastructure investments than was originally planned to occur in last year's Budget."

Water broker says less money for buybacks [Published ABC Online - 6 hours ago]

"It really is important also to understand that growers out there are doing it tough. They're price takers rather than price-setters in any way that we can reduce their bottom-line expenditure it's got to be an advantage."

Riverland and Mildura-Swan Hill Rural Report for Wednesday 22nd of May, 2013. [Published ABC Online - 7 hours ago]

"They were looking to get away with the least amount of water they could possibly do" he said

Situation critical in eco report [Published Murray Valley Standard - May 20 2013]

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Northern Basin Advisory Committee meets [Published ABC Online - 1 hour ago]
Water broker says less money for buybacks [Published ABC Online - 6 hours ago]
Riverland and Mildura-Swan Hill Rural Report fo... [Published ABC Online - 7 hours ago]
Water plan âon trackâ [Published Murray Pioneer - 18 hours ago]
Taxpayers deserve transparency over Desal Plant... [Published Liberal Party of Australia - May 21 2013]
Situation critical in eco report [Published Murray Valley Standard - May 20 2013]
Another Week of Anthropocene Antics – May 19, 2... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - May 20 2013]
Farmers want water 'banked' for future droughts [Published PhysOrg.com - May 20 2013]
Don’t let us$ die, Michael [Published The Area News - May 19 2013]
Weekly weather update: nationwide rain [Published Efficient Farming - May 17 2013]
Budget letdown:$ Forrest labels Federal Budget ... [Published Sunraysia Daily - May 15 2013]
Coalition support for freshwater research centr... [Published Nationals Victoria - May 15 2013]
Federal budget 2013: expert reactions [Published TheBull.com.au - May 15 2013]
Budget in focus: Australian Government Budget 2... [Published Norton Rose - May 15 2013]
Australia Trims Environmental Protection in Def... [Published Environment News Service - May 14 2013]
Australian Conservation Foundation statement on... [Published Australian Conservation Foundation - May 14 2013]
Federal budget 2013: expert reactions [Published Special Broadcasting Service - May 14 2013]
Restoring the Murray-Darling Basin to health [Published Noodls - May 14 2013]
Budget helps farmers in hardship [Published BigPond News - May 14 2013]
Farmers get the dole [Published ABC Online - May 14 2013]
Swan announces $18b deficit [Published Weekly Times Now - May 14 2013]
Commonwealth commits cash for Murray-Darling [Published ABC Online - May 14 2013]
BUDGET 2013: At a glance [Published Kingscote Islander - May 14 2013]
Olive levy now a national scheme [Published Murray Pioneer - May 13 2013]
Scholarship up for grabs [Published Murray Pioneer - May 13 2013]
Sugar Research Australia another step closer [Published Rural Weekly - May 13 2013]
Commonwealth initiatives require boots on the g... [Published Canberra Times - May 10 2013]
Riverland and Mildura-Swan Hill Rural Report fo... [Published ABC Online - May 10 2013]
Backpackers brigade [Published Queensland Country Life - May 09 2013]
'Red List' introduced to protect at risk ecosys... [Published ABC Online - May 09 2013]

Blogs

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Another Week of Anthropocene Antics – May 19, 2... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - May 20 2013] Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom May 19, 2013 Chuckles , COP19+ , Arctic Council ...
Another Week of GW News, Feruary 3, 2013 [A Few... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Feb 04 2013] Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Another Week of Climate Disruption NewsSipping from ...
Another Week of GW News, December 23, 2012 [A F... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Dec 25 2012] Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Another Week of Anthropocene AnticsInformation is ...
Another Week of GW News, December 16, 2012 [A F... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Dec 17 2012] Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Another Week of Anthropocene Antics Information ...
Another Week of GW News, December 2, 2012 [A Fe... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Dec 03 2012] Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Another Week in the Planetary CrisisLogging the Onset ...

Press Releases

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$50 million for water management and planning [Published Premier of Victoria - May 07 2013]