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New Orana Regional Development Australia CEO focused on helping Warren and other rural regions grow
Warren farmer joins alliance supporting government’s water ‘buy backs’ for the environment Members of the Murray Darling Conservation Alliance in Canberra last week, including Warren grazier Garry Hall, supporting the government’s proposed water buy back scheme for environmental water. PHOTO: MURRAY-DARLING BASIN ALLIANCE.
By HARRIET GILMORE RECENTLY-APPOINTED, the new Orana Regional Development Australia (RDA) Chief is focused on helping Warren and other rural communities in the district to grow. Justine Campbell — who only took on the role at the beginning of the month — described one of her fi rst tasks as touring the region; including some of the smaller towns like Warren. Her aim is to meet with the locals and shire council representatives to see how she and her organisation can really help and support regional NSW. The RDA is a not-for-profit government organisation that aims to support the economic development of the Orana region through working with local industries, encouraging investment, and advocating on key issues. Ms Campbell knows our region well, having grown up on the family’s mixed farming property in nearby Baradine, where she developed a passion for regional Australia.
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By HARRIET GILMORE A LOCAL Warren farmer and environmental advocate has joined a cohort of interested parties who travelled to Canberra last week to urge politicians across all political parties to support
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the delivery of more water for the environment, as they decide the fate of the Murray Darling Basin Plan. The Water Amendment (Recovering Our Rivers) Bill 2023 is currently before Senate with proposals to re-work the original 2012 Basin Plan.
The amendments to the Bill include expanding the type of projects that can deliver the Basin Plan target of 450 gigalitres (GL) of additional environmental water, removing the 1,500 GL cap on water purchases, allowing funds from the Water for the Environ-
ment Special Account to be used to purchase water for the environment, and extending the timeframe for delivery of Sustainable Diversion Limit (SDL) Adjustment Mechanism projects for Basin states. Continued page 11