
NSW Irrigators' Council
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Secure๐งSustainable ๐ฑProductive ๐ฉโ๐พ. NSW Irrigatorsโ Council is the peak body representing irrigators and irrigation communities in NSW.
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http://nswic.org.au 16-06-2010 08:34:11
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18GL recovered for the environment through water-saving projects is 18GL less bought from farmers and reduced socioeconomic impacts. Thatโs a win-win. NSW DCCEEW - Water

Martin Murray The critical part of what Mal Peters is saying is how the policy is developed & enacted. The pushback we see is because it's being done to us, not with us. I'm fearful Senator Murray Watt will ram through new nature laws without involving us.


Now looking forward to Senator Murray Watt setting up a discussion session as a matter of priority with peak farming groups across the nation. Farmers manage the most land and water after governments and are essential stakeholders in any conversation about improved environmental

Why are you leaving the most important people in this discussion until last Senator Murray Watt? These 'environmental' groups won't actually do anything. Their only contribution is their opinion. Farmers, on the other hand, manage more than 50% of our land. Farmers can enhance nature.


Listen from 5.50 minutes in to Victorian Fisheries Authority and NSWIC CEO Claire Miller on why European carp should be listed as a threatening process under the EPBC Act. Senator Murray Watt National Irrigators' National Farmers' Federation Gillian Fennell Jeremy Morton ๐พ๐ธ๐ฆ๐๐๐ abc.net.au/listen/programโฆ




โWe canโt have the Goulburn River treated as a sacrificial lamb to downstream needs.โ DCCEEW spent $63m buying 13 GL water in Victoria's Goulburn Valley -- despite Environmental Water saying last year it asked it not to as the water wasn't needed, and Goulburn Broken CMA saying trying to move water


Want fresh milk? Not if Australian Government Senator Murray Watt keep buying back more water from farmers in the Murray-Darling Basin. ADF analysis warns the Basin's dairy industry is on the brink and milk production could drop by 270 million litres -- the amount now being trucked into


When floods and drought are driving dairy farmers out of business in the NSW, Vic & SA regions producing 40% of Australia's milk, it totally makes sense for Australian Government Senator Murray Watt Julie Collins to keep pursuing water buybacks that are slashing production in the Murray region


