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Commissioner considers Wild Rivers human rights impact

March 12, 2010 14:45:00

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner says he will look at whether the Queensland Government's Wild Rivers legislation has violated Indigenous people's human rights.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, indigenous, land-rights, government-and-politics, human-rights, rivers, aboriginal, indigenous-policy, qld, cairns-4870, yarrabah-4871

Minister pours cold water on dam idea

March 12, 2010 10:39:00

Victorian Water Minister Tim Holding has rejected a proposal to build a dam on the Wentworth River upstream of the Mitchell River in East Gippsland.[MORE]

Tags: environment, dams-and-reservoirs, government-and-politics, elections, states-and-territories, rivers, vic, bairnsdale-3875, sale-3850

Labor matches erosion pledge

March 12, 2010 08:23:00

The Premier David Bartlett has promised to match the Liberal Party's pledge to fix an erosion problem threatening homes at Hellyer in north-west Tasmania.[MORE]

Tags: erosion, labor-party, rivers, tas, rocky-cape-7321

I'm still a 'conservative', Labor minister assures voters

March 11, 2010 10:14:00

SA Labor Government minister who is a National makes clear her political views remain conservative.[MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, elections, nationals, states-and-territories, rural, irrigation, rivers, water, murraydarling-basin, australia, sa, adelaide-5000, renmark-5341

Flooding prompt call for second levee

March 11, 2010 08:48:00

A group has been formed in Charleville to push for another levee after last week's record flooding in Bradley's Gully in the south-west Queensland town.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-planning, floods, environment, government-and-politics, local-government, rivers, community-organisations, qld, charleville-4470, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825

New round of water buybacks open

March 10, 2010 10:11:00

Southern Murray-Darling Basin irrigators are being invited to sell more water to the Commonwealth.[MORE]

Tags: irrigation, rivers, water, murraydarling-basin, water-management, water-supply, wagga-wagga-2650

Irrigators want reform compo

March 9, 2010 14:40:00

The National Irrigators Council (NIC) has joined the South Australian election debate.[MORE]

Tags: environment, government-and-politics, elections, states-and-territories, rural, irrigation, rivers, murraydarling-basin, sa, mount-gambier-5290, renmark-5341

Administrators confident of Cubbie contract

March 9, 2010 11:31:00

The administrators of Australia's biggest cotton farm in southern Queensland are confident the property will be sold by the end of the month.[MORE]

Tags: environment, rural, irrigation, rivers, murraydarling-basin, australia, qld, dirranbandi-4486, st-george-4487

Work starting on Chowilla regulator

March 9, 2010 10:50:00

Construction has started on the Chowilla regulator near Renmark on the Murray.[MORE]

Tags: environment, endangered-and-protected-species, wetlands, rivers, water, murraydarling-basin, water-supply, sa, renmark-5341

Murray blue-green algae alert spreads

March 9, 2010 10:26:00

The red alert for blue-green algae in the Murray River has been extended downstream to Swan Hill.[MORE]

Tags: environment, health, rivers, vic, mildura-3500, swan-hill-3585

Floods promise Murray boost

March 8, 2010 08:44:00

A river expert says the floodwaters affecting south-west Queensland will eventually help the Murray River's lower lakes.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, environment, rivers, murraydarling-basin, australia, nsw, menindee-2879, qld, charleville-4470, dirranbandi-4486, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, thargomindah-4492, toowoomba-4350, sa, mount-gambier-5290, renmark-5341

Brown stirs up water testing doubts

March 8, 2010 06:00:00

Greens Senator Bob Brown says letters sent to residents in Tasmania's north-east about the results of testing of the local water supply raise more questions than answers.[MORE]

Tags: pollution, water-pollution, health, environmental-health, rivers, water-supply, tas, st-helens-7216

Department hoses down timber toxin fears

March 7, 2010 07:43:00

The Tasmanian Health Department has written to St Helens residents reassuring them they face no danger from the town's water supply.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, environment, pollution, water-pollution, health, environmental-health, rivers, water, timber, australia, tas, st-helens-7216

Water restrictions to stay in SE Qld despite deluge

March 6, 2010 15:38:00

The Queensland Water Commission (QWC) says restrictions will remain in the state's south-east even though the region's dams are more than 80 per cent full.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, floods, environment, dams-and-reservoirs, weather, rainfall, rivers, water, water-management, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350

Hellyer residents fear river erosion will claim homes

March 3, 2010 21:15:00

North-west residents are demanding immediate action to fix a three-year-old erosion problem that is now threatening homes. [MORE]

Tags: erosion, local-government, state-parliament, labor-party, rivers, regional, water, activism-and-lobbying, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, rocky-cape-7321

State Water assessing latest Snowy flush

March 3, 2010 10:08:00

The Office of Water says it will take some time to determine the impact of the latest round of environmental flows in the Snowy River in the New South Wales South East.[MORE]

Tags: dams-and-reservoirs, rivers, water-management, jindabyne-2627

Council green lights river mouth opening

March 2, 2010 13:01:00

The opening of the Blackwood River mouth is a step closer, with the local shire giving the project the green light.[MORE]

Tags: environmental-management, local-government, rivers, augusta-6290, bunbury-6230, margaret-river-6285

Bureau issues wild weather warning

March 1, 2010 15:03:00

An intense monsoon trough is expected to bring heavy falls to the Sunshine and Cooloola coasts in Queensland over the next 48 hours.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-planning, floods, environment, dams-and-reservoirs, weather, rainfall, rivers, qld, cooloola-4580, maroochydore-4558

Murray irrigators get boost

March 1, 2010 14:42:00

There has been another small increase in allocations for Victorian irrigators on the Murray system today.[MORE]

Tags: environment, rural, irrigation, rivers, murraydarling-basin, vic, mildura-3500

Inflows to boost lower lakes

March 1, 2010 12:14:00

The lower lakes of the Murray will get the bulk of the state's river inflows this month.[MORE]

Tags: drought, environment, rural, irrigation, rivers, water, murraydarling-basin, water-management, water-supply, sa, adelaide-5000, goolwa-5214, renmark-5341

Councils renew push for water buybacks stop

March 1, 2010 12:10:00

Murray and Riverina councils in New South Wales are again calling for an end to water buybacks.[MORE]

Tags: environment, government-and-politics, local-government, states-and-territories, rivers, murraydarling-basin, water-management, water-supply, nsw, deniliquin-2710, jerilderie-2716, wagga-wagga-2650

High Country welcomes environmental flows

March 1, 2010 10:36:00

A High Country town in the New South Wales South East is welcoming the latest water releases into the Snowy River.[MORE]

Tags: dams-and-reservoirs, fishing-aquaculture, rivers, fish, dalgety-2628

Oyster growers optimistic of resuming after sewage spill

March 1, 2010 10:07:00

A major Tasmanian oyster growing company expects its east coast operations will return to normal today after a sewage spill halted production. [MORE]

Tags: accidents, water-pollution, recycling-and-waste-management, environmental-health, fishing-aquaculture, rivers, environmental-impact, water-management, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, st-helens-7216