Media

Case Studies

NSW Farmers' Association Media 

• November 10, 2010: Minister Burke must take the lead on proposed Basin Plan

• October 28, 2010: Basin Plan a risk to mental health

• October 27, 2010: Basin Plan should be scrapped
  October 21, 2010: Farmers back concerns over Water Act

• October 15, 2010: Basin Plan impact "grossly underestimated" at Griffith

• October 13, 2010: Farmers locked out

• October 12, 2010: Farmer call to action

• October 8, 2010: Basin Plan confirms farmer fears

• October 7, 2010: Leaked water cuts would spell disaster for NSW

• October 5, 2010: Basin Plan could force 1 in 3 NSW farmers to quit agriculture

• August 11, 2010: Coalition water policy recognises community concerns

• August 10, 2010: Federal Government water announcement prompts concerns

• July 2010: Water Timelines all over the place

• July 20, 2010: Murray Basin Plan promise should be Honoured

• July 14, 2010: Murray Darling Basin Plan survey for balance

• June 3, 2010: Wentworth Report Dangerously One Sided 03/06

• March 2, 2010: Water plan process flawed

Metropolitan and Regional Media

• January 2010, The Australian: Environment can use less water: farmers - Sid Maher

• December 2010, The Australian: Murray-Darling Authority flagged rising flood risk - Lauren Wilson and Verity Edwards

• December 2010, The Australian: Water act has run its course - Judith Sloan

• December 2010, Sydney Morning Herald: Government stands firm on Murray-Darling - Lenore Taylor

• December 2010, The Australian: Basin authority Mike Taylor's resignation won't halt Murray-Darling water reforms, says PM - Joe Kelly, James Massola

• November 2010, The Australian: Murray money a monopoly game - Jeff Bennett

• November 2010, ABC News: Water cuts treat farmers as 'Second-class citizens'

• November 2010, The Australian: Creating Wealth from our Water - John Langford, John Briscoe and Michael Porter

• October 2010, The Land: Barrage blocking flow of Murray Debate - Jennifer Marohasy
  October 2010, The Australian: Farmer has some water advice for ministers - Lauren Wilson and Graham Lloyd

• October 2010, Daily Telegraph: NSW Liberals Pull Murray's Plug - Simon Benson

• October 2010, 2GB Radio:  Alan Jones interviews Association Vice President Fiona Simson and National Irrigators Council CEO Danny O’Brien

• October 2010, Sydney Morning Herald: Call for a flood of ideas on water cuts – Mark Metherell (NB:  this includes a video interview with Association Water Spokesperson John Ward)

• October 2010, Sydney Morning Herald: You can’t pay to save the environment if rains fail – Paul Myers

• October 2010, Sydney Morning Herald: Now to pick the trees that will die – Debra Jopson

• October 2010, Sydney Morning Herald: Farmers fear flow-on from cuts to water allowances - Debra Jopson

• October 2010, Sydney Morning Herald: A question of future: how many will have to quit the land? - Debra Jopson

• October 2010, Sydney Morning Herald: Basin plan may test dealmaker Burke - Tom Arup

• September 2010, Sydney Morning Herald: Buybacks drain life from towns - Debra Jopson and Deborah Snow

• August 2010, The Age: Merry muddle over water leaves Labor high and dry - Kenneth Davidson

• August 2010, Crikey: Murray-Darling Basin Policies - Andrew Gregson (CEO, NSW Irrigators' Council)

• August 2010, The Australian: Chequebook alone won't save dry communities - Asa Wahlquist

• July 2010, Sydney Morning Herald: Uncertainty is hurting irrigators - Lin Crase

• July 2010, Australian Farm Institute: The neglected economics of water policy - Mick Keogh

• July 2010, Sydney Morning Herald: Less water for farmers means less fruit for us - Paul Myers

Ward Family, Murrumbidgee Valley

The Wards have been farming in the Griffith and Coleambally regions for over three generations and are worried that the Basin Plan could force them to rethink their future on the land.

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The Moars are fourth generation farmers from the Murray Valley and are worried that the Basin Plan could make their private irrigation scheme unviable and could cause people to leave the district.

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The Holms are fourth generation dairy farmers from the Murray Valley and are worried about the impact the Basin Plan could have on their farm, their community and their industry.

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The Hamblins are second generation farmers from the Namoi Valley and are frustrated that farmers across the Basin have been left hanging, and that the impacts of the Basin Plan could be felt right across the community.

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