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28 May 2007 | New water planning committee
The federal government has set up a committee to look at contingency planning for domestic water supplies and will probably look at assistance for irrigators. ...... FULL STORY
28 May 2007 | Victoria still not convinced about water
The Victorian Premier, Steve Bracks, has warned that a follow-up meeting with Prime Minister John Howard will only be productive if more details about the proposed $10 billion water plan are provided. ...... FULL STORY
25 May 2007 | Legal threat to federal plans
The federal government plan to take over control of water in the Murray-Darling basin could be under threat from a legal challenge by a group of irrigators who claim that the state and federal governments have stripped them ... ...... FULL STORY
24 May 2007 | Irrigators unhappy with compensation
Irrigators in NSW say that the $100 million in compensation offered by the state and federal governments for water licence reductions is not sufficient and four class actions against the state government are under way. ...... FULL STORY
22 May 2007 | Counter-offer for Queensland Cotton
Dreyfus, a French commodity house, must declare its intention to make an offer or withdraw its bid for Queensland Cotton Holdings by today. ...... FULL STORY
18 May 2007 | Murray-Darling not quite so dry
Claims that inflows to the Murray-Darling have been over-estimated by as much as 40 per cent have been denied by the Federal Water Minister, Malcolm Turnbull. ...... FULL STORY
17 May 2007 | Coalition conflict over Cubbie
The Cubbie Group cotton company is to be granted a licence to harvest up to 469 billion litres of water every time it floods in the Murray Darling system. ...... FULL STORY
17 May 2007 | More buybacks on the cards
Following the revelation that flows into the Murray-Darling basin may have been over-estimated by 40 per cent, the Federal Government could be forced to buy back more than the previously planned $3 billion in ground water licences. ...... FULL STORY
16 May 2007 | Water shortage under-estimated
$10 billion of agricultural production is under threat as the volume of water flowing into the Murray-Darling system may have been over-estimated by as much as 40 per cent due to surface water and ground water being treated as separate systems. ...... FULL STORY
15 May 2007 | Drought impact increases in Murray Darling
There are fears that rural industries in the southern Murray-Darling basin area will be severely affected by Federal Government plans to introduce level 4 water restrictions in the area by July. ...... FULL STORY
11 May 2007 | Farmers still optimistic despite the drought
Despite the continuing drought, farmers and food manufacturers in Victoria are increasingly upbeat and have not cut capital spending, according to the March quarter Westpac and Charles Sturt University agribusiness index. ...... FULL STORY
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