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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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Melbourne's famous brown river, the Yarra, will be protected under new legislation regulating the height of buildings along the riverbank and the distance from the water.
Topics: water-pollution, pollution, water-management, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, warrandyte-3113, richmond-3121
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Hobart's Lord Mayor supports the Tasmanian Government's plan to take control of water and sewerage infrastructure, despite concerns about the loss of dividends to councils.
Topics: water-management, water-supply, water-pollution, state-parliament, local-government, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, burnie-7320, st-helens-7216
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| UpdatedA State Government takeover of TasWater is under "active consideration" and will speed up the job of water and sewerage upgrades by five years, Treasurer Peter Gutwein says.
Topics: water-supply, water-management, environment, tas
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Civil libertarians urge all levels of government to see clean drinking water as a human right ahead of a much-anticipated meeting about TasWater's upgrade plans.
Topics: government-and-politics, local-government, water-supply, water-management, tas
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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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| UpdatedPort Moresby's Water Supplier Eda Ranu says its water supply to the city remains normal and has not been affected by closure of the Sirinumu dam valves.
Topics: water-supply, water-management, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedTreasurer Peter Gutwein calls a meeting for Friday, declaring "it's not good enough" that 25 Tasmanian towns continue to have unsafe drinking water.
Topics: water-management, government-and-politics, tas
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| UpdatedWith political heat flaring the length of the Murray-Darling, there are fears the future of the fragile water sharing deal hangs in the balance.
Topics: rivers, environment, water-management, water-supply, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, joyce-barnaby, turnbull-malcolm, howard-john-winston, murray-darling-basin, australia, sa, qld, vic, nsw
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| UpdatedA Queensland town struggling with water buybacks has opted for a dramatic change in tack as it fights for its future.
Topics: agribusiness, water-management, environmental-management, dirranbandi-4486
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| UpdatedA Northern Territory Government review into more than 50 water licences is creating uncertainty for farmers, a Douglas Daly irrigator says.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, water-management, water-supply, katherine-0850
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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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Residents downstream of the Oroville dam in Northern California have been forced to evacuate after water began pouring over the emergency spillway for the first time in the dam's history.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, water-management, water-supply, disasters-and-accidents, united-states
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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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| UpdatedThe Tasmanian Greens say a $150 million budget windfall from a booming property market should be spent on fixing Launceston's ageing water and sewerage system.
Topics: states-and-territories, water-management, water-supply, tas
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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's $2 billion National Water Infrastructure Loan Facility is open for business.
Topics: rural, irrigation, water-management, dams-and-reservoirs, kununurra-6743, townsville-4810, darwin-0800
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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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Topics: fish, animal-science, science-and-technology, science, water-management, environment, bundaberg-4670, maryborough-4650, gympie-4570
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| UpdatedThe Shire of Halls Creek wants a feasibility study done on piping water from Lake Argyle to Flora Valley for cropping.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, dams-and-reservoirs, water-management, pipelines, land-clearing, halls-creek-6770