News - March 2009
Northern Victorians are in danger of becoming Australia's first climate change refugees, according to a top Brumby Government water official.
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10 Mar 2009 - 25 years—we could be twice as productive on half the
water. We are going to have to live with half the
water because the north-south
pipeline—Mr
Brumby's ...The project meant to secure Melbourne against water shortages is facing a crisis: a money shortage because of the global credit squeeze.
THE real reason why the Premier of South Australia, Mike Rann, is making a constitutional challenge to free up water from Victoria may be because he will ...
Technology exists to reduce emissions and ensure the water supply.
8 Mar 2009 - Premier John Brumby's $3.1 billion desalination plant, the cornerstone of his plan to .... on alternate water sources (you mentioned the Goulburn pipeline, ..
6 Mar 2009 ... THOUSANDS of families will be driven on to hardship grants for water charges in the next five years, water companies say.
5 Mar 2009 ... Victorian Water Crisis Looming In Wake of Wild Fires. Mike Dalmau [pictured], owner of a 4ha property that fronts on to the Acheron River in ...
4 Mar 2009 - “The Brumby Government promotes the desalination plant and pipeline as their 'silver bullet' solution to Melbourne's water woes. ...
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Target 155 a 'flop' as people splashed out. Date: March 03 2009. Peter Ker. A HIGH-PROFILE campaign to limit personal water consumption to just 155 litres ...
1 Mar 2009 - Construction on the Victorian government's pet pipeline project has ... on Brumby's pet infrastructure project, the $750 million north-south water pipeline. ...
There's still much to learn about the effect of fire on the environment.
28 Feb 2009 - City support for rural communities over the north-south pipeline ... is impossible to save sufficient water to send 75 GL to Melbourne, so Brumby will pinch ...
28 Feb 2009 - City support for rural communities over the north-south pipeline ... the desalination plant, alternatives and why the Government's water policy is flawed. ...
The Government can no longer ignore the threat to our catchments.
The State Government is big on promises but small on delivery.
MORE than a billion litres of drinking water — enough to supply Melbourne's entire daily water consumption — was rushed out of one of the city's major dams ...
17 Feb 2009 ... The massive bushfires that have scorched Victoria could reduce Melbourne's drinking water supply by 30 per cent for 30 years.
Once the smoke clears, polluted dams will be a serious concern.
One of State Government's top strategic consultants advised cabinet against building controversial desalination plant and north-south pipeline in an ...
7 Feb 2009 ... NSW faces pressure from the commonwealth and Victoria after a leaked scientific report found it had knowingly restricted flows to the Snowy ...
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6 Feb 2009 - because the
Brumby Government wants to take
water from the drought-stricken
... to the North-South
Pipeline and its effect on the health of the Murray
...Water trading pilot scheme deemed a success. WALNUT grower Arthur Hayes has saved his 700-tree plantation by participating in a water trading pilot scheme ...
GLENUN cattle eede Don Lawson will have to wait six weeks fo any futhe action on his pivate-tespass posecution of Meloune Wate staff woking.
Fire threat sparks call for pipeline work stop. Posted February 6, 2009 11:07:00. Updated February 6, 2009 11:06:00 ...
Water in the Murray-Darling Basin dropped to only a third of normal levels last month, killing fish and increasing the risk of toxic algal blooms.
After a tumultuous summer for the Government, the controversy continues as Parliament resumes.
Balneus » Saving the Goulburn-Murray bill: Overwhelming support. Saturday 7 February 22:48:10 EST 2009. I've just reviewed all 31 public submississions that ...
Water Minister Tim Holding was given a fiery reception at a Rural Press Club of Victoria lunch in Melbourne on Friday, as opponents of the Government's ...