Tag: Meningie 5264
Senate Murray inquiry welcomed
A lower Murray mayor is pleased there will be a Senate inquiry into water in the system.[MORE]
SA Murray irrigators fear upstream crop switch
Riverland representatives hope the Murray-Darling Association annual meeting, in Leeton in New South Wales from today, will boost understanding of why rice growers upstream need to keep growing that crop.[MORE]
Buckets of sea water thrown into ailing Murray
Locals throw buckets of sea water into the lower reaches of the Murray in SA.[MORE]
Bucket brigade to top up Murray
Lower Murray locals plan to bucket sea water into the drought-striken waterway.[MORE]
Nelson to push lower lakes support bill
Brendan Nelson says the Opposition will put forward legislation for drought help for lower Murray communities.[MORE]
Irrigator anger at Qld counterparts
SA irrigators are angry that Queensland irrigators have extracted a record volume of water from the Murray-Darling. [MORE]
Wong repeats need for Murray-Darling central body
The Federal Water Minister says reports that Queensland irrigators took a record amount of water from the Murray-Darling Basin last financial year show how vital it is that the system be governed by a central body.[MORE]
Rising division feared over Murray's future
Growing community divisions are feared over the plight of the Murray and use of available fresh water.[MORE]
Police seek witnesses to fatal beach crash
Police are seeking witnesses to events surrounding a fatal car rollover in the Coorong National Park in early March.[MORE]
SA's job to save lower Murray: Flannery
South Australians have been warned it is their role to save the Murray's lower reaches.[MORE]
Weir works could breach law: Fed Oppn
Federal Opposition frontbencher Greg Hunt says site works for possible construction of a weir on the Murray at Wellington in South Australia could breach the law.[MORE]
Murray sea plan threatens birdlife, says group
The Wilderness Society says a birdlife survey in the lower Murray region highlights what will be lost if the lower lakes are cut off from the river and flooded with sea water.[MORE]
Lower lakes birds surveyed
A survey of River Murray wetlands in SA and Victoria shows the lower lakes are sustaining the most birds.[MORE]
Aust breaching Ramsar wetlands deal: water expert
A water expert says a Ramsar international wetlands pledge is being ignored by the Federal Government.[MORE]
MP urges Govt to rethink compulsory water acquisition
Greens' MP Mark Parnell says it is time for the Government to reconsider the compulsory acquisition of water from irrigators to save the lower lakes.[MORE]
Murray 'water theft' pumping angers SA Oppn
SA Opposition says huge volumes of Murray water are being taken by unmetered pumps.[MORE]
Weir not wanted, more locals tell SA Govt
More residents along the Murray tell the SA Government a weir is not wanted.[MORE]
Aboriginal remains welcomed home
People from the Ngarrindjeri clan have welcomed home the remains of their ancestors.[MORE]
Fears Coorong may be removed from wetlands treaty
A water management expert is warning that Australia may become the first country to delist a site from an international wetlands protection treaty.[MORE]
SA pushing for water projects money
SA Premier Mike Rann goes to COAG seeking money for Murray water projects.[MORE]
More attention sought for Coorong, Lower Lakes
The South Australian Farmers Federation is urging the Murray-Darling Basin Commission to give more consideration to the Coorong and Lower Lakes region.[MORE]
SA water allocations in doubt
The chief executive of the Murray-Darling Basin, Wendy Craik, says water allocation in South Australia for the rest of the year could depend on autumn rain.[MORE]
Lake Albert rescue begins
Earthmovers have begun closing the passage linking the lower lakes at South Australia's Coorong to keep water in Lake Albert.[MORE]
Whale death blamed on fishing debris
A post-mortem examination will determine whether fishing debris killed a whale, discovered washed up on a beach at the Coorong, in South Australia yesterday.[MORE]
Nelson to see rural woes first-hand
Federal Opposition Leader Dr Brendan Nelson will examine the plight of residents along the Narrung Peninsula near Meningie today.[MORE]
