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September 15 2011
River reform report revises water rights
Irrigators demand confirmation over leaked water plan 
 
September 14 2011
The National Water Commission's comprehensive assessment of water reform progress
Commission urges a closer look at mining's effects on water

August 19 2011
Call for expressions of interest in the Basin Community Committee

June 2 2011
House Standing Committee tabled its report Of drought and flooding rains

February 21 2011
QFF wlecomes water buyback changes - ABC rural
Thirsty marsh-dwellers welcome water plan - SMH
Recovery in full flow for Murray - The Australian
Water assured for southern NSW irrigators - ABC rural
Barnaby Joyce to address Tamworth floodplain mgt conf - ABC
Massive crop despite it all - The Land
Top level support for Bylong Valley campaign - ABC

February 18 2011
Windsor's MDB concerns - The Land
Federal Government revamps water buybacks - ABC
The Macquarie Marshes: Collection of Photographs - SMH


February 17 2011
La Nina on the wane - The Land

February 16 2011
Rain costs crop $700m - The Land

February 15 2011
Inquiry told Basin Plan problems costing lives - ABC
Windsor: MDBA inquiry may sit in the Lachlan Valley - ABC
Minor flooding still occuring in Victoria - The Land
River Murray set to peak at Berri - ABC

February 14 2011
SA irrigators support Water Act inquiry - ABC
Burke warns buyback delays could force compuldory water acquisitions - ABC
Murray-Darling water buyback plan 'flawed' - ABC
Desal plant will be within budget: SA Government - ABC

February 11 2011
Floods transform Murray River towns - The World Today, ABC
After rain, it all comes out in the wash - SMH
Report damns conditions of the Upper Murrumbidgee - ABC

February 10 2011
Coalition sets up Water Act inquiry - ABC
Maywald to fix River Murray play - The Advertiser
Rann attacks Abbott water buyback plan - ABC
Water Commissioner a 'failed PR exercise' - ABC
Greens slam state call for Murray reform halt - SMH
Blackwater killing fish along Murray - ABC

February 09 2011
Knowles ups ante on water reform as board digs in - SMH
Victorian government call to delay Murray rescue plan - The Australian
State steps up battle over Murray-Darling Basin - SMH
MDB streamflows not all brimming - The Land
Challenges ahead for Snowy river system - ABC

February 08 2011
Murrumbidgee starved because of man-made drought - report - SMH
Peters backs regional solutions for MDB - The Land
Irrigators see merit in water buyback delay - ABC

February 07 2011
Cut water buybacks to pay for damage: Abbott - The Age
Irrigators unhappy about hike in water charges - ABC
Costs mount as new rainstorms hit state - The Australian
Snakes in water add to flood dangers - SMH
Push to improve fish passage in Castlereagh River - ABC

February 04 2011
Back to basin basics: Anderson - The Land
Rising Murray ends floodplains' drought - ABC

February 03 2011
Irrigators still up-beat about allocations boost - ABC
Dry lake transforms into oasis - ABC
Macquarie pipeline still safe after Commonwealth's infrastructure funding cuts - ABC
Heat causes 30% spike in water consumption - ABC

February 02 2011
Knowles imposes his way on basin authority - SMH
Healthy Murray-Darling 'worth $10 billion' - ABC
Leading woman tries to bring sides together - SMH
Key decision makers invited to Dubbo basin plan forum - ABC
Warning on cost of water clean-up - The Australian
Rising Murray brings bumper yabby catch - ABC

February 01 2011
Future of water board hangs in the balance - SMH
Basin authority to re-engage with community - ABC

January 31 2011
Former Labor MP new Murray Darling Basin Authority boss - ABC PM
ALP takes control of Murray watchdog - SMH
Cows got the drift - and just mooved with the flow - SMH

January 28 2011
Griffith Mayor calls for PM to intervene on plan - ABC
At least a year to revive the Coorong, despite flood flows - ABC Rural

January 27 2011
Fruit beauty is only skin deep - ABC
Scientists offer qualified support for Murray-Darling Basin Plan - UNSW
Let's get over our dam phobia - The Punch
Windsor: Tax blocking water saving projects - ABC
Swan Hill dry but long isolation likely - The Australian

January 25 2011
Long dry spell ends as lake level rises - ABC
Flooding sparks calls for changes to river height data - ABC

January 24 2011
Federal Government seeks feedback on controversial water buybacks - ABC
Floods empty the food bowl - SMH
Anxious wait for towns in flood path - ABC
Basin water plan hearing heads to Deniliquin - ABC

January 21 2011
Murray buybacks no guarantee in drought - The Australian

January 20 2011
New Victorian flood front ruins farm sector - The Australia
Map of Victorian farming areas affected by flooding - The Australian
Call to scrap top-down river control - The Land
Releases set to increase from Menindee Lakes - ABC

January 19 2011
Living off our resources: Why it's not about the 'triple bottom line' - ABC The Drum
Tap turned off the year of water reform - National Times, SMH
Water woes aired at Murray Bridge - SMH
Kerang evacutating as levees breached - ABC

January 18 2011
Evacuations begin as floodwaters start inundating homes in Victorian city - The Australian
Wivenhoe Dam in sights of flood inquiry - The Australian
Broken Hill's reservoirs both full for first time in 18 years - ABC

January 17 2011
Windsor warns states against Murray fight - ABC
Floods undermine Murray-Darling push to return water to environment, say irrigators - The Australian
Victorian towns wait for the inevitable - SMH

January 14 2011
Goondiwindi mayor confident levees will hold as flood peak nears - The Australian
Rain delays water saving projects in Orange - ABC

January 13 2011
No MDBA public hearings in the Lachlan Valley - ABC
Weary country folk brace for a second round of flooding - The Australian
Far west set to receive a drenching - ABC

January 12 2011
Building more dams is no way to prevent flood catastrophe - National Times, SMH
Toowoomba floods a joke no more - ABC The Drum

January 11 2011
Axe the thirsty willow and spare the river - SMH
Carp under attack in Lachlan Valley - ABC
Murray-Darling breaks all rain records - ABC Rural

January 10 2011
Floods steal precious topsoil and future goes down drain - National Times, SMH
Government 'mismanaged Coorgong inflows' - ABC South East SA

December 16 2010
Murray authority will push ahead with basin plan - The Age
Murray plan light on detail, says state - The Australian

December 15 2010
No jobs from a dead river - National Times, SMH
Harvesters stuck in the mud - ABC Rural
Fish dying in 'blackwater' - SMH
Water resources continue to improve- ABC Riverland
Water dumped into flooded area - The Australian
Closure renewed due to Alligator Weed - ABC News

December 14 2010
2010: A reflection on a year of redemption - ABC Riverland
No plans to include Snowy in Murray Darling plan - ABC South East NSW
Basin authority 'not at odds' with Government - ABC News
Clarence groups fight river plan - Daily Examiner
Forecast service predicts river, dam levels - ABC News

December 13 2010
Report says $5b extra needed for water - SMH
Dry weather eases flood threat - SMH
Farmer suicide alert as crops washed away - The Australian
Basin water plan could be $5bn short: report - SMH
Bracing for a second wave of flooding - The Australian
Murray Darling's food bowl sculptured out of salt - ABC Mildura/Swan Hill
Burke looks for basin efficiency - The Australian

December 12 2010
Galleries: Murray Darling Basin - The Australian

December 11 2010
Newsmaker MIKE TAYLOR - SMH
Execution time for plans of fallen leader - SMH

10 December 2010
Deluge a winner for rice and cotton crops - The Australian
Impacts of Coal Seam Gas Activities on Water Inflows in South East Queensland - The Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
It's our last chance to save Murray-Darling - The Australian

9 December 2010
PM defends triple bottom line - Stock & Land
Farmers fear they're being forgotten at Cancun - ABC Rural
PM remains firm on Murray-Darling - The Australian
Water birds make most of very wet conditions - Warren Advocate
Where to now for the Murray Darling Basin Authority? - Bush Telegraph, ABC Rural
Mildura weir removed to handle large flows - ABC Mildura/Swan Hill
Opposition pushes for release of Basin advice - ABC News

8 December 2010
Gillard fails again to turn vision into reality - The Australian
Farmers respected 'frank' Murray-Darling chairman - The Australian
Simon Crean talks MDB in Narrabri - ABC New England North West
Farmers respected 'frank' Murray-Darling chairman - The Australian
Pressure on Water Act - Stock & Land
Farmers tested by a litany of woes - ABC Rural
Resignation forces process to get back on track - The Australian
We won't be fiddling with Water Act: Crean - SMH
NWC urges all parties to deliver on water reform in the basin - International Business Times
Environment is primary focus for Basin Authority: constitutional lawyer - ABC Rural

7 December 2010
Plan for the Murray-Darling Basin, Role of Authority Chair - Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Murray-Darling Basin Authority chairman quits - NewsOnABC, YouTube
Dredging ends at the Murray mouth - SMH
Basin authority Mike Taylor's resignation won't halt Murray-Darling water reforms, says PM - The Australian
Burke defends Water Act, as MDBA chair resigns - ABC Rural
Riverkeepers: Snowy should be in Basin Plan - ABC South East NSW
Councils deliver basin plan submission - ABC News

6 December 2010
Murray message lost as farmers abandon faith in plan for the basin - The Australian
Windsor plans new coal gas seam rules to protect water - SMH
$500m washed away - The Land
Windsor pushes plan to protect water systems - The World Today, ABC News

5 December 2010
Food costs on the up but not that much - The Land

4 December 2010
Parts of Wagga to be evacuated - The Land

3 December 2010
Growers say water cuts will cripple Basin - Adelaide Now
ACT dams full to overflowing - ABC News
A wing and a prayer in the Murray Darling Basin - The Drum, ABC Online

2 December 2010
Birds from rejuvenated wetlands take flight - ABC News
Environmental staff descend of Boorowa - Boorowa News
Yass signs on - Yass Tribune

1 December 2010
Scientists push for strong plan on Murray-Darling - The Age
Goulburn River flood plan - Weekly Times Now
Scientists and farmers frustrated about Murray-Darling plan - ABC Rural
Rural voters have turned against Labor - National Times, SMH
NSW dams nearly all full -ABC Rural
Scientists say Murray plan 'hijacked' by short term worries - AM, ABC
SA irrigators to lose carryover priviledges - ABC Rural
SA could miss out on water if Baillieu drops Basin Plan - Adelaide Now
Economics steers water debate - SMH

30 November 2010
Water prices up, consumption down, for irrigators - ABC Rural

29 November 2010
Extension given on proposed Basin Plan - Stock and Land
Bated breath for Murray cod - Herald Sun
Far West the first stop - Barrier Daily Truth
MDBA 'neglects' Hay - ABC Riverina
Nyngan law firm mixes it with the city in water legislation - ABC Rural Report Dubbo
MDBA credibility hangs in balance - The Land

28 November 2010
Is sustainable agriculture viable? - Green Left

27 November 2010
MDB concern hits capital - Stock and Land

26 November 2010
Irrigators seek funding for independent review of Basin Plan - ABC Rural
Lake Bonney regulator to go - ABC Rural
NSW remains drought free - SMH>br /> Crean to visit Narrabri on December 8 - ABC News
Citrus board seeks independent basin plan review - ABC News

25 November 2010
The true nature of our economy - ABC Opinion
ACF pleads for basin plan pledge support - ABC News

24 November 2010
Foreign-owned farms investigation back - The Australian
Lower Lakes filling to the brim - Adelaide Now
South Australians lobby in Canberra over Basin Plan - ABC Rural
Windsor: already 100 submissions to MDB inquiry - ABC News
SA politicians back strong basin plan - SMH
Will Australia be able to feed itself? - Bush Telegraph, ABC Rural

23 November 2010
Basin communities ready to work for water reform - National Times, SMH
Tony Burke refuses to give in to water pressure - The Australian
CSG plans approved despite red flag - Queensland Country Life
Second round of talks on controversial water cutbacks - ABC Western Plains
Murray Darling Basin Local Councillors go to Canberra - ABC Rural Report Dubbo
Tasmanian wineries cautious about attracting interstate irrigators - ABC Rural
Canberra given strong message on water - Stock and Land
Government stalls on water infrastructure - SMH

22 November 2010
More criticism of timing of latest water buyback round - ABC Rural
Rural Report for Tamworth - ABC Rural
Parliament will control water cuts, says Tony Windsor
Key Basin Plan discussions - ABC Riverina NSW
Mayors in Canberra to talk Basin Plan - ABC News
Battlelines drawn - Country News

21 November 2010
Another round of water buybacks looms - ABC Rural
The Murray Darling Basin - Sunday Nights, ABC Local

20 November 2010
The odd couple - ABC Riverland
Snowy River is well and truly rooted - Murray Murmurings, Crikey

19 November 2010
Further buybacks in the pipeline - SMH
Party's campaign for floodwaters - Northern Star
Clarence River 'can't spare a drop' - The Land

18 November 2010
Rural Report Canberra region - ABC Rural
Govt calls for recognition of SA's past water efficiency - Stock Journal
Murray-Darling Basin - Senate Debates
Basin plan forum highlights carryover water woes - ABC News
MDBA submission deadline 'ridiculous' - ABC Riverina NSW

17 November 2010
PM says this parliament will tackle water issues - SMH
Basin's final blueprint delayed - The Australian
Senator calls for water rally - Bendigo Advertiser
Abbot's attendance supports plight of the Lachlan Valley - The Condobolin Argus
Mayor to make submission on water cuts - ABC Riverina

9 November 2010
Northern irrigators look for southern investors
Murray vote this parliament, says PM - SMH
Wimmera irrigators say water-saving efforts have gone unrewarded - ABC Rural
Public urged to speak out against water cuts - ABC News

8 November 2010
River group up-beat after Burke meeting - ABC News
The faces of climate change: Henry - Oxfam Blogs
Researchers push financial case for lower Murray - ABC News
Fiery protests not expected at basin water forum - ABC News
Basin plan talks head to Horsham - ABC News

07 November 2010
Raising flows would ensure return to thriving life - SMH

06 November 2010
Transcript of joint press conference Subject(s): Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project; Murray-Darling Basin Authority; Same-sex marriage; AUSMIN; Victorian election campaign - Prime Minister
Groups welcome irrigation upgrade - SMH
Can we save the Murray Darling? - Green Left

05 November 2010
Benefits of river health put at $4b - SMH
Murray Darling Basin Authority faces Forbes and Dubbo crowds - ABC News
Tony Abbott talks to angry farmers over the Murray-Darling Basin - The Daily Telegraph

04 November 2010
Anger turns green as Murray row hits city - The Australian
Reason drowned out by book-burning few - The Australian
Hundreds converge on Forbes for Murray Darling Basin Authority's public consultation - ABC News
Framing and Farming - John Quiggan (blog)
Pressure on Burke to front water meetings - SMH

03 November 2010
Farmers fear delay to Murray-Darling rescue - The Australian
Transcript of radio interview with ABC Western Plains Main Topics: Evocities campaign, inland New South Wales, Murray-Darling Basin - The Hon Simon Crean MP
There are lies, damned lies and vested interests reports - National Time, SMH
Basin Plan message received? - Stock Journal
MPs go head to head on Murray plan - Stock and Land
Basin authority admits Warrego cuts are too harsh - ABC Rural
Mining and Water Ministers grace the region - ABC News


02 November 2010
Government to consider MDB plan delay - ABC News
Liberal senator fears opportunity is slipping away - SMH
Basin authority needs more time for plan - SMH
Murray-Darling Basin Authority seeks workflow system - Government News


01 November 2010
Creating wealth from our water - The Australian
Farmers meet for Murray water talks - SMH
Murray full recovery will take years - SMH


31 October 2010
Barrages a bar to basin at best - SMH
Sinclair to head river group - SMH


30 October 2010
Big ideas for our rural lifeblood - The Australian


29 October 2010
Murray-Darling probes gush - The Australian
Lachlan communities prepare their fight against the Murray Darling Basin Authority's draft guide - ABC Western Plains NSW


28 October 2010
Murray chief looks to cities to save water - The Age
Farmers call for the Murray-Darling Plan to be thrown out - SMH


27 October 2010
SA irrigators back Murray-Darling cuts - ABC News
Government goes soft on water reform - National Times, The Age
More questions than answers this time - National Times, SMH
Murray-Darling backflip - The Age


26 October 2010
Water minister demands authority listen to advice - SMH 
Rural leaders fight to save their communities as well as rivers - SMH
The lie of the land - SMH
When water pours into legal minefields - National Times SMH


25 October 2010
Weaning off the drip-feed - National Times SMH
Joyce accuses Gillard of economic irresponsibility - Lateline

24 October 2010
Lack of leadership fails basin: Turnbull - SMH

23 October 2010
Minister distances himself from Murray Darling Basin report - The Australian

 

22 October 2010
Councils want more detail on Basin Plan - ABC News
State accused of hindering buybacks - The Age


21 October 2010
Irrigators want basin plan watered down - ABC News
Dropping water restrictions 'premature' - ABC News
Basin plan to consider expensive engineering solutions: Brokenshire - Stock Journal


20 October 2010
Tony Burke soothes angry irrigators - The Australian
Nats query legal core of water reform - SMH
Basin job loss data defended - SMH
Lessons to be learnt from irrigation mistakes - ABC News

19 October 2010
$1bn boost likely for water sector - SMH
Minister must not sell our farmers down the river - The Australian
Out of touch bureaucrats fail to cross river - National Times, SMH
Inquiry to look at river diversion - Clarence Valley Daily Examiner

18 October 2010

Murray-Darling authority orders further study - AM, ABC Radio
Where is Malcolm Turnbull? - Blog, ABC Rural
Murray gets fresh look - The Land
Basin authority board member defends new study - 702, ABC Sydney
No action no option on Murray: Gillard - SMH

17 October 2010 
Murray-Darling Basin Authority to Commission Further Study of Local Community Impacts - Border Online

16 October 2010
We must cut water: Tony Burke - The Australian

15 October 2010
Barnaby's smoke on the water - Business Spectator
Growing vegies not viable under MD, says tomato producer - ABC Rural
Fire and water: basin gets bush 'red hot' - The Canberra Times
Murray-Darling regions already making water cuts - ABC News
Public backlash sparks parliamentary inquiry into Murray-Darling water cuts - News.com.au

14 October 2010
Windor on the Murray-Darling - The 7:30 Report, ABC
Tony Windsor queries Murray-Darling water buyback - The Australian
Basin irrigation slashed by millions - The Land
Murray-Darling chiefs reject calls to resign - ABC Rural
MP Burke water plan not near finality - Sky News
Economist says farmers are exaggerating Murray-Darling economic losses - ABC Rural

13 October 2010
Change is coming to the Basin, it's the how that counts - National Times SMH
Hundreds expected at water buyback public meeting in Deniliquin today - AM ABC Radio
Small irrigation town will be "devastated" - ABC Rural
Restore balance, focus on the people - Citrus Australia

12 October 2010
Just another consultation? - Blog ABC Rural
Lower Lakes residents question guide to Basin Plan - ABC Rural
Farmers angry over public meeting of Murray-Darling plan - PM ABC Radio
Government could face legal action on wetlands - ABC News
Water cutbacks could help wine exports - ABC Rural
Irrigators now paying the price for political inertia - Talking Point, The Australian
Irrigation cuts welcomed by some farmers - ABC Rural
MDBA concedes 3000 jobs - The Land

11 October 2010
Water talk brings Barnaby to Moree - ABC News
Parliament can save the basin: Burke - World News Australia, SBS
Rivers will die of thirst as the arguments get wetter - SMH
Murray plan pro-green bias denied – The Land

10 October 2010

Cities will suffer from Murray-Darling cuts – ABC News

The Water Fight – Insiders, ABC

Murray-Darling guide gets D-minus- SMH

9 October 2010

Murray-Darling plan sails on inland sea of troubles – Brisbane Times

Farmers say jobs will flow out with water – The Australian

Now to pick the trees that will die - SMH

Murray-Darling set for minimum water return – The Age

Citrus grower group appeals for calm - SMH

8 October 2010

Pain inevitable for irrigators – PM ABC Radio

Australian report of Murray-Darling river causes division – Australia Network News, ABC Asia Pacific News Centre

Factbox: Key facts about Australia’s Murray-Darling basin - Reuters

Murray-Darling Basin Plan to be unveiled - Youtube

Costly health bill for Murray-Darling Basin – News on ABC Youtube

Academic says basin plan can strike irrigator-environment balance – ABC News
Murray-Darling cuts "could spark riots" - ABC News
River Murray Operations Weekly Report - Murray Darling Basin Authority
Dry days feared amid the rivers of Babylon - SMH
Cubbie Station is in the line of fire for water entitlement cuts - The Australian
Murray-Darling Basin's Future Is Too Important To Get Plan Wrong - The Australian Greens

7 October 2010
Upstream irrigators accused of hysteria - ABC News
Murray-Darling plan 'not final', says Tony Burke
No excuses for Murray-Darling Basin plan - Environment Blog (ABC Environment)
Upstream states right to fight Murray-Darling Basin Authority report - Adelaide Now
Confusion to continue over Murray Darling Basin water limits - ABC Rural

6 October 2010
Tony Windsor on the Murray Darling Basin - Radio National Breakfast, ABC
The Murray-Darling Plan Explained - ABC News
River plant growth eases with higher flows - ABC News
Central West Rural Report - ABC Rural Report

5 October 2010
D-Day for Basin Authority, says new NFF paper - Worldwide Import-Export Information and Resources
In case you missed it: Six point plan to avoid a global water crisis - Castlemaine Independent
Irrigators await Basin Guide - ABC News
Frogs foretell water future - AM ABC Radio
Farmers fear flow-on from cuts to water allowances - SMH
A question of future: how many will have to quit the land? - SMH
Farmers warn river plan could cost jobs - Sky News 

4 October 2010
Plan still a way off - Country News
Video: Exploring the new Murray River – ABC Rural

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