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The Victorian Water Register issues more than 1200 licences each year for landholders to build stock and domestic bores. developments, and to investigate water levels.’’ Applications will be automatically processed. The fee for one online application is $235, which the website says is around 50 per cent less than for a paper application, and the site claims you can get same-day approval in most cases. The new service is integrated with mapping technology to make it easy
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attracted around 150 residents of Numurkah and surrounds to Moira Shire information sessions. Member for Shepparton Suzanna Sheed and Moira Shire councillors and chief executive officer Mark Henderson were among those who listened to the sessions, which Mr Henderson described as a positive first step. The sessions identified a wide of range of community views and provoked questions about flooding in general that were much broader than the scope of the study. Following a presentation by council’s infrastructure general manager Andrew Close, Guy Tierney of the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management
Authority and Ben Tate of Water Technology — the consultants who developed the study — answered community questions for more than an hour. They were accompanied by SES representative Neil Payn. ‘‘The questions ranged from who is the lead agency during the flood, to the adequacy of roads into and out of Numurkah’s ‘health precinct’ during flood, to the potential for houses built at higher floor levels to exacerbate flooding for existing properties,’’ Mr Close said. He said a common theme within the questions was how local knowledge had been used to develop the study and to improve flood response planning. ‘‘Everyone and every agency learned something from the 2012 floods and
we have incorporated that knowledge into our emergency plans and this study,’’ he said. Mr Close and fellow presenters emphasised that the study sought to identify flood mitigation options that would be eligible for state and federal funding, but this did not preclude the community from pursuing further mitigation options. All feedback received before 5 pm on Friday, September 4, during the information sessions, oneto-one appointments and through submissions, will be reviewed by the technical consultants and the Community Reference Group. ➤ To book a one-toone appointment, phone Moira Shire Council on (03) 5871 9222.
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Central Park Orchards’ Matt Rachele on the pear and plum block modernised for efficiency gains last year.
New way to irrigate orchard att Rachele was M pleased to report he had traded the shovel he
used to operate the old irrigation system on Central Park Orchards’ fruit block on Benalla Rd, Shepparton, for the click of an i-Phone. He said the word ‘‘outdated’’ just doesn’t cut it to describe the former layout that was consigned to history in October last year when the new set-up was turned on after modernisation under the Farm Water Project led by Fruit Growers Victoria and implemented in conjunction with Water Dynamics. ‘‘The old pears loved a flood,’’ Mr Rachele recalled. ‘‘But my savings in
efficiency now will be around 25 Ml, not to mention the time and effort of watering the old way.’’ There are other historical references to connect this block. One is the old weatherboard home where he and his brothers Mark and Jason — who together run the thriving Central Park Orchards in nearby Orrvale — grew up. Another is the development of specialist niche pear varieties — names that Mr Rachele can’t mention yet — that are being planted on the Tatura trellis now being installed where canning pears were pulled out. Water Dynamics project sales manager Geoff Petts
said the project swapped inefficient flood irrigation for a simple, hardy, low-level irrigation micro-spray system. ‘‘It’s fully automated and maintenance free; it will be there for a long time,’’ Mr Petts said. In the back corner of the 18 ha block, near the shed housing the Israeli-made Amiad Sigma filtration unit, some of the pear trees are more than 100 years old. Mr Rachele said they even pre-date his grandfather Sebastiano Rachele’s arrival from Italy in 1925. ‘‘He bought his first farm in the 1950s,’’ Mr Rachele said. ‘‘They had done the hard yards, just worked hard,
The outdated flood system on the block was replaced with micro-spray irrigation that is supported by a giant filter to clean the channel water to prevent blockages.
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Group’s water fight group of southern Riverina A irrigators and food producers, shocked by the
water shortage in a nondrought year, have launched a public campaign to alert other Australians. The West Berriquin farmers have launched a Facebook page and a campaign to gain some political traction. Spokesperson Shelley Scoullar from Mayrung said they have the capacity to feed starving people throughout the world and at the same time make a huge contribution to Australia’s economy. ‘‘But we are being hamstrung by lack of political willpower or capacity to make best use of available resources. The group’s aim in the ‘‘speak up’’ campaign is to educate the public, in the hope this will influence politicians to place a higher priority on food production and food security. Ms Scoullar said the campaign was initiated out of frustration at the current inability of food producers to take advantage of a potentially first-class season. ‘‘The season is looking fantastic with excellent crops, but unless we have rain or can give them a final watering, this
could drastically change within weeks. She pointed to the zero general security allocation in the Murray Valley zone of Murray Irrigation, while water in the dams was set aside for carry over and the environment. ‘‘At present no water from the dams has been allocated to food production, even though Dartmouth is over 70 per cent full and Hume is at more than 40 per cent. ‘‘Available water is being held for environmental flows, which we understand is very important. The environmental water is not needed immediately, however our crops urgently need a drink. ‘‘If commonsense prevailed, our food producers would be able to buy or borrow some of this available water and finish their crops. ‘‘This would benefit every Aussie who wants to have food on their table, as well as the producer, local businesses and, importantly, starving human beings throughout the world,’’ Ms Scoullar said. ‘‘If we don’t grow enough food we have to import it, which opens us to risk because other countries do not have the same
Rice growing last season at West Berriquin. Irrigators have launched a campaign to bring political pressure to bear. clean growing standards we enjoy in Australia. Ms Scoullar, a rice farmer, said the group was formed about two weeks ago. ‘‘When Michael Renehan, the CEO of our water delivery company, told us that the company needed to make drastic changes to be viable, as it is now operating with 27 per cent less water, we decided we needed to change how we deliver our message,’’ she said. As an example of the productive potential of the region, she said her farm produced enough rice to provide a meal for 2.7 million people last year. Unless water allocations improve she will not be sowing a rice crop this year. ‘‘No other nation on earth would leave water sitting idle in a dam and allow crops to die,
simply because a flawed bureaucratic process refuses to acknowledge the flexibilities required for both environmental needs and food production,’’ Ms Scoullar said. ‘‘All we are asking for is a fair go and a bit of commonsense.’’ She is encouraging all Australians to become better informed and join the fight to fix current anomalies. ‘‘The ludicrous situation we are facing should concern every person because we all have to eat,’’ she said. The group is asking people to make a submission to the Senate’s Select Committee on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan,’’ Ms Scoullar said. ➤ The group’s facebook page is ‘Southern Riverina Irrigator-Foodbowl for the world’.
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Is this a man-made drought? By Alana Rosenbaum
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n the late 1960s, dairy farmer Garry McNab visited a friend in the Goulburn Valley and decided to settle here. ‘‘This was a place where you could grow grass all year round. And I said to myself, ‘it will do me’.’’ Three years later, Mr McNab sold his dairy farm in Ridgley, on the north-west coast of Tasmania, and used the proceeds to buy 60 ha in Congupna. He and his wife Judith had three sons under the age of 10, but the upheaval seemed well worth it. ‘‘I thought this was the best place in the country to milk cows, and I still think that today,’’ Mr McNab said. Mr McNab now owns 162 ha in Marungi, on which he grows his own feed and sustains 370 head of cattle. At 75, he’s approaching
retirement and looks back with pride at what he has achieved in the Goulburn Valley. But it saddens him, in the summer months, to survey the landscape. The perennially green pastures he once coveted are now scarce. ‘‘This was a vibrant, prosperous community for dairy farmers and today it’s disheartening to see the amount of water that has gone from the area,’’ he said. ‘‘What were nice green pastures and productive farms are now just dry farms, not producing much.’’ On a sunny Monday afternoon, we drove around Katandra West, established in the late 1920s as a dairy farming settlement, near the fringe of Mr McNab’s land. He pointed out a series of properties. One, he said, now produced only feed.
Gary McNab on his Marungi farm. ‘‘I thought this was the best place in the country to milk cows, and I still think that today,’’ Mr McNab says. Another lays idle. Mr McNab acknowledged that the reasons for the district’s decline were manifold. But he blamed, first and foremost, the passage of the Water Act in 1989, enabling the separation of water from land. Mr McNab argued that the legislation opened the way for farmers to divest themselves of their water. He suspected many of his neighbours took such
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Association wants to see water buy-backs on the Murray Darling halted while the benefits of environmental water are examined. In a submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Murray Darling Basin Plan, the association, based in Ganawarra Shire, said the region was dependent on irrigated farming and any reduction in available water would have a
devastating effect on the economy. Association vicepresident Hugh Webb said the reduction of water so far through government buy-backs and other trading had rendered several irrigation businesses unviable. ‘‘Our community groups and businesses in turn are severely threatened through the resultant loss of population. ‘‘Any further reduction in water supply will render the Murray-Darling Basin
less viable and less able to continue to make its magnificent contribution to the Australian economy,’’ Mr Webb said in the submission. ‘‘To date, water removed from irrigation for environments has failed to make a significant positive impact on the economy. Instead, the damage in socio-economic terms is enormous.’’ The association also favoured a look at more water storages.
Policy to keep traded water in Campaspe policy to keep Atemporary water
traded by Campaspe Shire Council within the municipality has been adopted. Councillors adopted the policy designed to increase the probability that the economic benefit derived from the use of traded water occurs within the shire. The council holds water assets of 848 Ml of highreliability water and 348 Ml of low-reliability water
which is primarily used to keep parks, gardens and recreation reserves green. Excess water traded on the temporary market will be sold through locallybased water brokers and only to buyers that have a residential address within Campaspe Shire. The policy will limit the market for the water, but sales will only be approved if the price is within 10 per cent of the highest recent trade on the open market. In recognition of the
important health and wellbeing benefits that green spaces provide for community members, Community Policy 151 is based on a conservative model, ensuring that Campaspe has an allocation of 350 Ml for its own activities and allowance of a further 350 Ml in carry-over water for community purposes when it is available. All water in excess of these arrangements will be sold on the temporary market.
measures during the drought to repay debts. ‘‘If that’s what they’ve done, I don’t blame them for it,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s just a pity that so much water has left the region.’’ Mr McNab raised concerns not as an activist, but as a farmer, contemplating the future of his asset. He owns 183 Ml of highsecurity water and buys a further 500 Ml annually on
the temporary market. Over the past three years, he has negotiated deals ranging from $90 to $140/Ml. But now, he said, he faced much steeper water prices. If the spring rainfall is poor, he may be forced to pay up to $250/Ml. ‘‘Prices like that would probably make us unprofitable,’’ Mr McNab said. ‘‘Even in the drought, most years we made some
profit.’’ Mr McNab has taken a step back from farming, leaving much of the work to his eldest son Stuart. He hopes Stuart will stay on the farm and one day convince his own son to take it over. But he worries about its long-term viability. ‘‘Is there a future in irrigated farming, particularly dairy farming? I think that the horse might have already bolted.’’
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Waterway warrior’s legacy By Geoff Adams
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he Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority and the catchment community lost a true warrior for local waterways when Wayne Tennant passed away on August 4. Mr Tennant, 55, fought a brave battle with cancer and other significant health complications over the past two years, but sadly lost this battle. Mr Tennant worked in natural resource management for almost 30 years and was a champion of the riverine environment and the strategies to protect it. Mr Tennant started work to improve the health of the rivers and wetlands across the Goulburn Broken Catchment as a waterway
engineer with Ian Drummond and Associates in Wangaratta in 1988. He was a consultant to the Broken River Management Board and the Upper Goulburn Waterway Management Authority, and provided support to the Lower Goulburn Waterway Management Authority which became the Goulburn Broken CMA in 1997. Mr Tennant was associated with a vast range of catchment and waterway management projects, including two visits to China in support of Melbourne University and AusAid to build knowledge and partnerships. He wrote and contributed to more than 46 publications on waterway management and river health, and spoke at national and International
Wayne Tennant, on a visit to China, with China Three Gorge Corporation vice-president Qixiang Fan.
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Industry workshops and conferences. Under his leadership, the Goulburn Broken CMA River Health and Waterways Program was a national finalist for the International River Symposium RiverPrize in 2000, and went on to win to prize in 2001. Mr Tennant’s philosophy and approach to enhancing waterway health were best summed up in his own words: ‘‘Working with rivers, not against them, is the answer — patience, passion and working together.’’ He worked hard to increase knowledge within the Goulburn Broken region and at a broader level, and was also a passionate
land, water and biodiversity research and monitoring in the catchment. In June this year, Mr Tennant said the key to success was working with passionate and committed people with a shared vision. ‘‘We have been fortunate to have strong community leaders in the region, through Landcare, environmental groups, water users, universities and research organisations, local government, the Goulburn Broken CMA and its partner agencies,’’ he said. ‘‘Another strength has been the integration of programs across the vast range of issue based programs.
member and friend of the Peter Cullen Trust. While battling his ongoing illness, Mr Tennant led the development of the Goulburn Broken Catchment Regional Waterway Strategy 2014-2022, setting the priorities for river health over the coming decade. This strategy will remain as one of the many legacies he leaves behind. Mr Tennant continued to display his dedication to the future well-being of our waterways and catchment by organising the Goulburn Broken CMA research workshop in May. The aim of this successful forum was to present the methods and findings on
‘‘If we manage NRM through integrated frameworks, and utilise the knowledge we have gained along the way, we can address the issues of the past and take up the challenges of the future.’’ Mr Tennant was a true leader in strategic planning for river and wetland health and will leave a remarkable legacy for everyone. He is survived by wife Sue, children Amanda and Mitchell and his grandson Cooper. A funeral service was held at the Christian Fellowship Centre in Wangaratta on August 11 and was followed by interment at the Wangaratta Lawn Cemetery.
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Conference he Murray Darling T Association will hold its 71st National Conference and
annual meeting at Cobram Barooga Golf Club from September 9 to 11. Hosted by Berrigan Shire Council, the theme of the conference is ‘‘It’s in the Balance’’ and the focus will be on ensuring economic, social and environmental balance through the implementation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. ‘‘With the implementation of the basin plan in full flight, changes occurring in legislation, and our communities and the environment in need of your support, we encourage local government and all other members and interested groups across the community to attend to ensure their voices are heard,’’ association president Greg Toll said. ‘‘The conference and AGM provide important knowledge exchange and networking opportunities with local government, community members, schools, members of parliament and state and federal natural resource management agencies.’’ The conference will be opened by Senator John Madigan. Other speakers include Federal Member for Paterson Bob Baldwin, Darren Hartnett, senior research fellow Jacqui Schirmer, Murray-Darling Basin Association chairman Neil
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Andrew, Commonwealth environmental water holder David Papps and author Julian Cribb. ‘‘Last year’s conference was well attended and we are keen to build on the numbers even further,’’ Cr Toll said. ‘‘Registrations are coming in, but there are still plenty of places available. ‘‘This is your organisation, and it is important that local communities continue to be well represented at state and federal level.’’ Cr Toll said by demanding balanced implementation of the basin plan to deliver on the triple bottom line of social, economic and environmental benefits for local communities, the conference would focus on strengthening relationships between the people making policies with those undertaking the work at the grassroots level to maintain and improve sustainable natural resource management. The conference package includes meals each day, transport from accommodation to the conference venue and a civic reception. Delegates can choose to attend the whole conference or individual events over the three days. ➤ For more information and registrations visit www.mda.asn.au, phone the office on (03) 5480 3805 or email admin@mda.asn.au
Darling Association, despite several councillors expressing reservations. Founded in 1944, the association’s membership includes local government municipalities, community groups, businesses, individuals and agencies in NSW, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria. The lobby group’s charter is to ensure the Murray-Darling Basin continues as a viable and valuable asset for all Australians. Annual membership is $6050, but it was the diverse membership across four states that concerned some councillors. ‘‘There are so many regions in the Murray-Darling Basin and they don’t all have the goals we have, it is something we need to watch,’’ Cr Jenny Houlihan said. Cr Houlihan said while productive water was the main focus of the organisation, environmental water and the health of our rivers also deserved a platform. Cr Dinny Adem also expressed doubts about the value of membership, but said he was happy for council to take a seat at the table. ‘‘I’m not convinced being a member of this organisation
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