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Vic Govt unveils $115m in drought funding
3:50 PM AEDT | The Victorian Government will rebate half Victorian farmers fixed water charges and council rates under a $115m drought support package announced today  | State drought aid needed urgently | Irrigators - no water, no pay
Irrigators - no water, no pay
10/10/2008 | DROUGHT-stricken NSW Murray irrigators fed up with paying for the delivery of water they don’t get are threatening to withhold $5.5 million in water fees this year in a mass protest at the State Government’s refusal to waive the charges.  | CommentsComments (1)
9/10/2008 | PLANS by Goulburn Murray Water (G-MW) to roll out massive price increases to Broken and Ovens irrigators as part of a shift towards a more user pays system of setting bulk water charges have been temporarily put on hold.
3/10/2008 | State Government funds are being provided to assist local councils to tackle invasive weeds on local roads.
Vic water strategy to spurn Barmah channel
3/10/2008 | The missing link in Victoria's statewide water grid will remain on the back burner as the State Government releases its draft 50-year water strategy for northern Victoria.
State drought aid needed urgently
2/10/2008 | The Victorian Farmers Federation says the State Government must reinstate essential drought support measures after last weekend's soaring temperatures laid waste to wheat crops across Northern Victoria.
Can it get worse for farmers than Garnaut?
2/10/2008 | Farmers are wondering what else the government will throw at them following the release on Tuesday of the third and final Garnaut report and recommendations on the Rudd Government’s emissions trading scheme.  | CommentsComments (2)
Drought assistance to continue for parts of Gippsland
1/10/2008 | The Federal Government has accepted independent advice to extend drought assistance for parts of the Central and East Gippsland region, after experts toured the region last week.  | CommentsComments (2)
30/09/2008 | At its September meeting, the Board of Goulburn-Murray Water (G-MW) deferred setting a start date for the implementation of basin pricing to allow time for the development of a transition strategy that addresses a range of evolving issues and customer needs.
Fire crews to pump pipe water
30/09/2008 | Fire crews have been granted permission to take water from Victoria's north-south pipeline, in a move that has raised questions about a Labor MP's lobbying.  | CommentsComments (2)
29/09/2008 | One of the North Central Catchment's regionally prohibited weeds has been detected growing in the Lake Boga and Tresco areas, prompting immediate action to eradicate the threat.
29/09/2008 | Work has begun on the $501 million Wodonga Rail Bypass, which is aimed at creating an interstate rail freight super-highway and delivering major passenger rail service improvements.  | CommentsComments (1)
Environmentally friendly farmers at a loss under ETS
29/09/2008 | Biological Farmers of Australia says the Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme could cost farmers using environmentally friendly methods of production.
84-year-old pipe protestor removed by Brumby guards
26/09/2008 | A lone pipe protestor disrupted Premier John Brumby's trip to northern Victoria, confronting the Premier at a community function in Wodonga this afternoon, before being escorted away by the Premier's guards.  | CommentsComments (2)
Lower dollar helping ag exports
26/09/2008 | Despite a recent rebound, the Aussie dollar has fallen by about 15pc since July, with the Westpac-NFF Commodity Index reporting that Australian farmers are breathing easier on the back of improved international competitiveness and better prices on the global market.
Pipe protester arrested on own property
25/09/2008 | Landowners planning to resist the Brumby Government's controversial north-south pipe were sent a clear message yesterday when a 50-year-old woman was arrested for obstructing the project.  | CommentsComments (2)
Show's laid-back moment before the hard bit
24/09/2008 | It is mid-afternoon in the Cattle Pavilion at Melbourne Show and Rosa Potter lounges on her one-year-old steer Timbertop Buller. The 403-kilogram eating machine is a bit like a living hot water bottle for Rosa, except you don't have to keep topping him up with hot water.
Exit packages add up to $4000/ML for water
24/09/2008 | Exit packages of $150,000 offered to small irrigators by Federal Water Minister Penny Wong this week on top of the market price for water effectively deliver $4000/ML for environmental water. The Government's willingness to combine packages has been welcomed by irrigators as a step in the right direction.  | Murray Irrigation seeks 'rice ... | "Four per cent must stay," ...
24/09/2008 | The upgrade of the Goulburn Murray irrigation district will be referred to Federal Environmental minister Peter Garrett for environmental approval the Department of Sustainability and Environment confirmed this week.  | CommentsComments (1) | Garrett gives north south pipe ... | North south pipe construction ...
22/09/2008 | The Desalination Plant Environment Effects Statement had seriously misread the government’s preference for an alternative power supply, Victoria’s Power Grid Option Group (PGOG) revealed today.
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