The Weekly Advertiser - Wednesday, May 2, 2018

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WEARY WARBIRD: Pilot Nick Caldwell wheels Wirraway A20-722 across the sky above the west Wimmera town of Nhill while navigating the aircraft to its final resting place. The Wirraway, a rare flying example of one of the planes the RAAF used at its Nhill training base during the Second World War, had its last flight on Saturday. It will now become a permanent exhibit at Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre at Nhill Aerodrome. A community effort raised $300,000 to buy the Wirraway from Borg Sorensen of Tyabb, who has flown the aircraft for 14 years. The Wirraway’s final landing at Nhill attracted a crowd of well-wishers, supporters and guests, some of whom had flown Wirraways during their time training as pilots in Nhill. Story, page 7. Picture: JENNIFER GOLDSWORTHY

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BY DEAN LAWSON

western Victorian pipedwater jigsaw appears set to expand with Ararat district farms and businesses next in line to benefit from greater security of supply. The State Government has announced plans to spend $32-million on an $85-million East Grampians Water Supply Project and has now called on the Federal Government to provide its share. But the Federal Government, while backing the concept of securing water supply to agricultural areas in Ararat, Northern Grampians and Pyrenees

municipalities, insists that it can do little until it sees a State Government proposal. Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan said a formal Victorian proposal was essential in gaining Commonwealth support. “The Federal Government has not received a proposal from the State Government for the East Grampians Water Supply Project,” he said. “The Federal Government has repeatedly asked the State Government to provide a proposal under the National Water Infrastructure Fund. They have decided to play politics instead. “It is terribly disappointing for farm-

ers and businesses that need a secure water supply that the State Government has failed to submit a proposal while announcing the project. I again call on Premier Daniel Andrews to submit a proposal.” The State Government is pushing ahead with its side of the project through its 2018-19 budget. Regardless of the process, its announcement now places pressure on the Federal Government to follow suit. Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville joined farmers and community leaders at Mt Langi Ghiran Vineyard on Monday to announce the promise. Ms Neville said farms and busi-

nesses would benefit from a more secure water supply, which would reduce operating costs and improve productivity. She said the project, ‘importantly’, would also give farms and businesses more certainty about their future, allowing them to make long-term decisions including planting more crops, buying more stock or investing in equipment.

Water security

The project involves construction of 1600 kilometres of stock and domestic pipeline to provide water for up to 530,000 hectares. Its purpose is to improve water security for property

owners reliant on farm dams and water carting and in the process support regional economies and jobs. It also represents an addition to an expanding western Victorian piped water grid that already involves Wimmera-Mallee and Northern Mallee pipelines, the start of work for an $80.6-million South West Loddon Pipeline in Victoria’s north central and investigations into piped supply for the south-west Wimmera. Ms Neville announced plans for a feasibility study into the pipeline during a 2016 visit to the region as part of a broad response to drought. Continued page 3

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