Sentences with phrase «nsw irrigators»
The NSW Irrigators» Council chief executive, Andrew Gregson, said the assessment of the economic impact of the plan released so far had been woeful.
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Another major case investigated the water - taking on Miralwyn, a major cotton farm near Brewarrina owned by Peter Harris, a prominent NSW irrigator.
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On the other side of the debate, the National Irrigators» Council chairman, Tom Chesson, demanded the government release the overdue CSIRO multiple benefits study, which is supposed to improve the understanding of how environmental benefits can be weighed against the economic impact to irrigation - dependent communities such as the Goulburn Valley in Victoria and the Murrumbidgee region in NSW.
A Four Corners investigation has confirmed that Mr Hanlon, Deputy Director General of the NSW Department of Primary Industries, did not approve a major operation targeting non-compliant irrigators in the north of NSW — an operation urged upon him by his own investigators after they collected evidence that billions of litres of water had been improperly pumped.
In the secret audio recording of a teleconference with irrigator lobbyists, Mr Hanlon is also heard canvassing «Plan B» — a plan for NSW to abandon the Murray - Darling Basin Plan altogether.
The recording of the 2016 teleconference also reveals the NSW Government has been actively considering plans, in discussion with irrigators, to abandon the Basin Plan altogether, and has sought legal advice about doing so.