News - June 2009
2 hours ago - ... been criticism of the government's calculations regarding the North South Pipeline. ... In this report: Tim Holding, Victorian Water Minister, Melbourne ...
see http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/programs/irrigation-renewal/water-savings-protocol
18 hours ago - "The Brumby Government has changed its position on desalination, on the north-south pipeline and now on the use of water from the Eastern Treatment Plant," ...
18 hours ago - John Brumby's approval rating is down four points to 48 per cent while his .... We are the largest water users in the world. secondly the pipeline is not ...
23 hours ago - “The Brumby Government is undertaking record investment in water projects ... projects come online including the desalination plant and Sugarloaf Pipeline. ...
18 hours ago - Sugarloaf Pipeline opponents have pounced on statements by a senior water public servant which have indicated that predictions made about water availability ...
7 hours ago - Victoria's water policy focuses on two multibillion-dollar projects - a desalination plant near Wonthaggi and the north-south pipeline. ...
52 minutes ago - FoE campaigns co-ordinator Cam Walker said the controversial pipeline project would ... The report looks at the government's plan to take 75 gigalitres of water annually from ... The report can be downloaded via www.melbourne.foe.org.au ...
10 hours ago - ESC chairperson Dr Ron Ben-David said the price rise would secure Melbourne's water supply through extensive capital works programs. ...
21 minutes ago - But the pipeline was abandoned yesterday because a business plan found the ... go up and adding hundreds of dollars to Melbourne water bills for extremely ...
9 hours ago - Australians can expect the price of water to double over five years as ... and improved punctuality have been promised by the Brumby Government and the new ...
10 hours ago - Posted by: Mike of the Gumby Brumby State of 2:54pm today. Is Tim Holding for real? I will gladly pay more for sustainable, recycled water rather than fire ...
2 hours ago - "Mr Brumby wants to continue to treat our world-famous coastline as a sewer." The water companies had originally put in for even bigger price rises, ...
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2 days ago - Melbourne's water-starved dams have been given a reprieve, ... providing a welcome boost to our low water supplies," Victorian Premier John Brumby said. ...
1 day ago - This bulk water entitlement change allocates 75 gigalitres to Melbourne, ... Dr Stone said, the Brumby Government can and must be stopped in its tracks. ...
2 hours ago - The pipeline is designed to deliver water to Melbourne from the already stressed ... say the same thing about the Brumby Government's water policies? ...
15 hours ago - “The Brumby Government's plan is for the pipeline to be able to transport 75 gigalitres of water each year from the Goulburn River system to be used in ...
3 days ago - Re:Urban Water 1 Week, 2 Days ago. Brumby keeps getting caught out with his ... years for water targets assigned to the north-south pipeline and food-bowl ...
1 hour ago - But Jan Beer from the anti-pipeline group, Plug The Pipe says the security at the project has been excessive. She says opponents of the pipeline do not pose ...
11 hours ago - A PIPELINE worker allegedly hit by a car after a protest at Glenburn. EMAILS threatening Melbourne's water supply, which became the subject of a police ...
18 hours ago - Victorian Government's own Office of Water exposes "The Great Brumby Pipeline Lie". Our View: From the very beginning, Plug the Pipe has always maintained ...
2 days ago - "The Brumby Government should stop the spin and take responsibility for delivering water major projects on time and on budget," said Louise Asher, ..
6 days ago - Brumby tactics fail to halt FOI water case. Wednesday, 17 June 2009 ... Mr Ryan said the government's own misgivings on the pipeline's prospects were ...
8 hours ago - Ms Bertalli, an opponent of the Sugarloaf Pipeline project, was arrested last September after she refused to let Melbourne Water employees on to her farm. ...
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11 minutes ago - ... years for water targets assigned to the north-south pipeline and food-bowl ... Melbourne may achieve average rainfall in June for the first time in . ...
5 days ago - We are drying our food bowl, the Murray Darling, beyond repair, jeopardising rural communities and our food security. Many of our Asia Pacific neighbours ...
5 days ago - The second run by the DSE was for the Foodbowl Modernisation Project, but the results do not match the results used in the cap model. ...
1 day ago - The Coalition has tied itself in knots in the past on whether it supports or opposes Melbourne taking water from Goulburn River via the north-south pipeline ..
5 days ago - The State Government expects to save 225 billion litres a year, later increasing to 425 billion litres, by reducing losses from the food-bowl irrigation ...
1 day ago - Maurie Bennett's farm relies on the water that courses down this channel. But a new regional plan looks set to stop the flow forever.
2 hours ago - Just six months ago, Premier John Brumby predicted losses would be about 500 ... The north-south pipeline is planned to take water from the Goulburn River ...
Report into Future of Melbourn'e Water Supply, June 2009
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Melbourne's water supply is heavily reliant on rainfall and a system of river and
... known as the North-South
Pipeline) and an upgrade of the Eastern
...4% water trading cap to be phased out - 05/06/2009
6 hours ago - The cap meant that only 4% of water could be permanently traded out of a ... Victorian Premier John Brumby says they're now working out which regions will ...
22 hours ago - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Premier John Brumby today revealed a plan for Victoria's controversial "4 per cent cap" on water trading to be lifted under ...
3 Jun 2009 ... Melbourne should use stormwater: expert. 19:40 AEST Wed Jun 3 2009. By Catherine Best. VIEWS: 0. | FLOCKS: 0. | comments 0 comments so far ...Former Victorian water minister, turned sustainability boffin, John Thwaites, says stormwater is a cheap, green water source that has been underutilised.
Victoria's pariah status over reform in Murray-Darling river system mitigated as pressure mounted on State Government to relax controversial water trading ...
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4 hours ago - The Living Murray program, funded by the Murray River states and the federal Government, has a program to purchase $50 million worth of water licences along ...
26 May 2009 ... Water use on farms drops again, Murray-Darling farmers irrigate less: ABS. Australia's farms dropped their irrigation water usage by almost ...