PM risks accusations of "policy drought" in Copenhagen
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
MEDIA RELEASE
National environmental and water-rights advocacy group Fair Water Use (Australia) has responded to the statement issued by the Federal Minister for Climate Change and Water, following release of the latest Drought Update by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority:
“The Federal Water Minister is now using the crisis in the Murray-Darling to push the weak CPRS that the Prime Minister wishes to parade in Copenhagen.
Irrigators' court action: pitch your tent Minister
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
MEDIA RELEASE
Confirmation that irrigation
group, Murray Valley United, is proceeding with its Federal Court claim, seeking
damages arising from the misguided water reform policies of the Federal
Government, came on the same day as the Federal Water Minister stated that the
Commonwealth could get the action it needed on the Murray-Darling “without
setting up camp in the courts”.
National water rights advocacy
group, Fair Water Use, is
concerned by the philosophy underpinning Australian
water reform 2009; a report released today by the
National Water Commission.
Fair Water Use
(Australia) believes that many Australians will be outraged by
the speech delivered today by the Federal Minister for Climate Change and Water
at the National Conference of the Murray-Darling Association, most notably the
announcement that the Rudd Government condones the selling-off of Australia’s
rapidly-dwindling water resources: [TRANSCRIPT HERE]
ACCC compromised by water-policing responsibilities
Tuesday, 01 September 2009
MEDIA RELEASE
Public
water rights advocacy group, Fair Water
Use, believes that Australians should be extremely concerned about
the role of the ACCC in policing the highly contentious Water Act 2007 and associated Water Market Rules 2009; the latter
scheduled to take full effect on December 31, 2009. The transitional period for
the Water Market
and Water Charge (Termination fees) Rules 2009 ended
yesterday.
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