Every time water leaves our regions there are consequences for our communities, small businesses and family farmers.
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It appears that the proposed removal of 450,000 megalitres of ‘up water’ is now a reality as we continue to be done over by our political representatives.
Did our National party member Austin Evans strongly advocate for us?
No, he had nothing to say.
Was Sussan Ley vocal about this issue?
Obviously doing other things as she tackled the live sheep export trade.
This is a massive threat to our regions our communities and our iconic industries such as the rice and dairy industry. In simple terms, it equates to about half of Burrinjuck Dam.
The entire southern connected system has already suffered much pain and again we are going to be expected to do more.
Our vibrant and productive NSW and Victorian regional communities throughout the Murray Darling Basin do not deserve to be politically traded off to South Australia or to be left highly vulnerable to poorly constructed and rushed legislation.
The way the SA government has been behaving recently it’s becoming very clear that they will never be satisfied, not ever.
Helen Dalton, Rankin Springs.
Authority welcomes new members
The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is pleased to welcome Joanna Hewitt and Professor Stuart Bunn who will be acting as part-time members of the independent expert Authority.
Ms Hewitt and Professor Bunn bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience that will be of great value to the MDBA and to the continued implementation of the Basin Plan.
Ms Hewitt was a commissioner of the former Murray–Darling Basin Commission, whose impressive achievements and experience span water policy, foreign policy, trade, agriculture and resource economics. She has served as an adviser to the World Bank on water policy, on a United Nations expert panel on food security, as well as holding a senior role in the OECD Secretariat.
Professor Bunn is the Director of the Australian Rivers Institute at Griffith University, with extensive experience working with international and Australian government agencies on water management issues, and has served as an Australian National Water Commissioner. His research focuses on ecology of river and wetland systems—particularly the science to underpin river management.
Professor Bunn’s new role will allow him to continue the valuable contribution he has already made to the implementation of the Basin Plan in his role as chair of the MDBA's Advisory Committee for Social, Economic and Environment Science. Ms Hewitt and Professor Bunn replace outgoing authority members Professor Barry Hart and Ms Dianne Davidson.
Neil Andrew
Chairman
Murray–Darling Basin Authority