Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has struck a deal with all states along Australia’s largest river system bar Victoria that will extend the deadline to return water to the environment from irrigation.
Plibersek on Tuesday urged Victoria to sign on to the revised Murray-Darling Basin water-sharing plan agreed between the Commonwealth, NSW, South Australia, Queensland and the ACT.
“If Victoria is not interested in updating its funding agreements, then that’s a matter for them,” she said. “This is an excellent deal for states.” “Our government made a commitment to deliver the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in full and that’s exactly what we are doing. “My door will always be open for Victoria joining on … it’s certainly in the interests of Victoria to do so,” she said.“The plan has been off-track now for a number of years. The previous government deliberately delayed, and I would say even sabotaged, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan,” she said.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Victoria shuns Plibersek’s Murray Darling Basin resetVictoria broke ranks with other basin states by refusing to sign up to the new deal, which extends the deadline for delivering critical water savings infrastructure projects.
Read more »
Government strikes ‘historic agreement’ for Murray Darling Basin planEnvironment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has announced the government has “struck a historic agreement” for a way forward on the Murray Darling Basin plan. “This way forward will deliver on the whole of the Murray Darling Basin plan including the 450 gigalitres of additional water for the environment,” she said during a media conference on Tuesday. “What we are proposing is time, more money, more options and more accountability .”
Read more »
ASX 200 LIVE: Shares to fall; Richard Murray quits Premier amid demerger talksShares set to open lower; Solomon Lew is demerging some Premier brands; AMP settles investor class action for $110m; Breville lifts margins in tougher market; Westpac’s core net interest margin falls to 1.86 per cent; NIB final dividend jumps 40 per cent. Follow updates here.
Read more »
ASX 200 LIVE: Shares to fall; Richard Murray quits Premier amid demerger talksShares set to open lower; Solomon Lew is demerging some Premier brands; AMP settles investor class action for $110m; Breville lifts margins in tougher market; Westpac’s core net interest margin falls to 1.86 per cent; NIB final dividend jumps 40 per cent. Follow updates here.
Read more »
ASX 200 LIVE: Shares to fall; Richard Murray quits Premier amid demerger talksShares set to open lower; Solomon Lew is demerging some Premier brands; AMP settles investor class action for $110m; Breville lifts margins in tougher market; Westpac’s core net interest margin falls to 1.86 per cent; NIB final dividend jumps 40 per cent. Follow updates here.
Read more »
ASX 200 LIVE: Shares to fall; Richard Murray quits Premier amid demerger talksShares set to open lower; Solomon Lew is demerging some Premier brands; AMP settles investor class action for $110m; Breville lifts margins in tougher market; Westpac’s core net interest margin falls to 1.86 per cent; NIB final dividend jumps 40 per cent. Follow updates here.
Read more »