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A slanging match breaks out over a proposal for Tasmania's water and sewerage system to be taken out of the hands of local councils.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, government-and-politics, water-management, water, water-supply, tas
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More than 2,300 submissions respond to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's proposed changes to its northern water-sharing plan.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, water, water-management, water-supply, federal---state-issues, federal-government, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, irrigation, parliament-house-2600
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The Murray-Darling Basin Authority is confident that basin governments and communities will "stay the course" on implementing the Plan. He talks to ABC Rural's Anna Vidot about the year ahead.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, water, water-management, water-supply, federal---state-issues, federal-government, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, irrigation, parliament-house-2600
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Topics: rural, land-management, water, water-management, water-supply, maryborough-4650
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Topics: rural, land-management, water, water-management, water-supply, maryborough-4650
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Topics: rural, land-management, water, water-management, water-supply, maryborough-4650
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| UpdatedA Queensland farming family teeters on the brink with hopes a crowdfunding campaign will provide a water lifeline.
Topics: rural, land-management, water, water-management, water-supply, maryborough-4650
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Topics: community-education, education, water, children, swimming, surf-life-saving, mildura-3500
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Topics: community-education, education, water, children, swimming, surf-life-saving, mildura-3500
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Topics: community-education, education, water, children, swimming, surf-life-saving, mildura-3500
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| UpdatedThe Federal Opposition is drafting Murray-Darling Basin Plan amendments, to guarantee delivery an extra 450 gigalitres of water for the environment.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, agricultural-policy, water, agribusiness, water-management, irrigation, fruit, rice, vegetables, dairy-production, parliament-house-2600, wagga-wagga-2650, renmark-5341, leeton-2705, hay-2711, coleambally-2707, deniliquin-2710, brewarrina-2839, bourke-2840, warren-2824, griffith-2680, mildura-3500, murray-bridge-5253, swan-hill-3585, wodonga-3690, albury-2640
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A north-west Queensland grazier says having his Flinders River irrigation application blocked is an opportunity gone begging.
Topics: irrigation, pasture, agricultural-crops, crop-harvesting, water-supply, water-management, water, richmond-4822, julia-creek-4823
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ABC cameraman Trent Murphy uses a drone to film SA's Coorong.
Topics: water, environment, water-management, meningie-5264, murray-bridge-5253, tailem-bend-5260, sa
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government says it has heard the concerns of struggling farmers, and will move to make it easier and faster to access income support payments.
Topics: welfare, drought, water, rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, dairy-production, agricultural-subsidies, agricultural-policy, parliament-house-2600
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The project team overseeing the planned Murray River to Broken Hill pipeline in far west NSW has held its first meetings with local government in the region.
Topics: water, water-management, water-supply, broken-hill-2880, wentworth-2648
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| UpdatedIndigenous groups call for compensation if groundwater extractions increase in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Topics: aboriginal, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, water-management, water-supply, water, mining-rural, community-development, murray-darling-basin, dareton-2717
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Some 200 life-size human figures are submerged 14 metres under the Atlantic Ocean as part of Europe's first underwater museum, which has officially opened to the public in Spain.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, water, spain
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Drone footage of South Australia's Coorong, where huge environmental benefits have come from good River Murray flows.
Topics: water, environment, water-management, meningie-5264, murray-bridge-5253, tailem-bend-5260, sa
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| UpdatedA prominent ecologist suggests a weir should be built in South Australia's Coorong to ensure flows do not drop below critical levels.
Topics: water, environment, water-management, meningie-5264, murray-bridge-5253, tailem-bend-5260, sa
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| UpdatedHundreds of dead fish are creating a "horrible smell" after washing up on Hindmarsh Island in South Australia as blackwater continues to move through the River Murray system.
Topics: fish, water-pollution, water, water-management, environment, goolwa-5214, sa
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A proposal to ramp up releases from the Menindee Lakes is being met with outrage.
Topics: water, water-management, water-supply, broken-hill-2880, menindee-2879, wentworth-2648
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| UpdatedThe Murray-Darling Basin Authority is set to increase releases of water from the Menindee Lakes, saying it is needed to meet demand downstream.
Topics: water, water-management, water-supply, menindee-2879, mildura-3500, renmark-5341
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The Environment Protection Authority is warning swimmers a large number of Melbourne's most popular beaches may be unsafe.
Topics: water-pollution, environment, water, melbourne-3000
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Mount Weld Station in Western Australia's Goldfields will install sea containers to camel-proof vital infrastructure at watering holes and bring cattle back to the station.
Topics: beef-cattle, sea-transport, animals-and-nature, animals, miscellaneous-animal-production, animal-behaviour, water, laverton-6440
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Topics: water-pollution, water, water-management, water-supply, dams-and-reservoirs, rail, rail-transport, julia-creek-4823