Archive for November 7th, 2006
Key Outcomes: Summit on the Southern Murray Darling Basin
Posted by jennifer, November 7th, 2006 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Drought, Murray River, Water
Comments: 34
The Commonwealth and Governments of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland agreed or noted at this morning’s water summit on the Southern Murray Darling Basin (MDB):
1. The need for a shared understanding of the likely water availability over the next year and a half.
2. The need for an informed whole of Basin approach [...]
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Murray River: Last Year Biggest Environmental Flow, This Year Water Crisis
Posted by jennifer, November 7th, 2006 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Drought, Murray River, Water
Comments: 60
The Prime Minister, John Howard, has called a summit to discuss the water crisis in the Murray-Darling Basin.
The meeting, being held as I write this blog, was apparently triggered by the NSW government decision to suspend water trading on the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers and the low state of the dams in New South Wales [...]

