Tag Archives: Irrigation

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Labor blocks new jobs in irrigated agriculture

  Palaszczuk Labor Government removes water development option in Water Act, robbing North Queensland of much needed irrigation projects Former LNP Government first introduced the option in 2014 which was supported by rural stakeholders and attracted new opportunities for water infrastructure projects LNP fought to maintain the option but Labor removed it – ignoring regional […]

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Labor makes mess of Gulf Water Plan

The Palaszczuk Labor Government has made a mess of the release of additional volumes of water entitlements from the Gulf Water Resource Plan, while adopting contradictory processes for two major green field irrigation projects in the Flinders and Gilbert River catchments. Shadow Minister for State Development and Natural Resources, Andrew Cripps, drew attention to the […]

Labor Fails To Progress Gulf Water Release

    Two months after the close of public submissions on an amendment to the Gulf Water Resource Plan (WRP), the new Labor Government has failed to progress the release of additional unallocated water for irrigated agriculture in the Flinders and Gilbert River catchments. Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Northern Development, Andrew Cripps, said […]