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The government has confirmed a formal review of the water extraction targets following our submission of this petition to Parliament. We have achieved the necessary shift in policy and will now monitor the implementation phase to ensure these adjustments hold. Thank you for providing the leverage required to challenge the …

July 23, 2012

MURRAY-DARLING BASIN PLAN PETITION TO BE TAKEN TO STATE PARLIAMENT IN JULY 2012

MURRAY-DARLING BASIN PLAN PETITION TO BE TAKEN TO STATE PARLIAMENT IN JULY 2012

🏆 Won — 337 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 2 months ago
“The revised Murray- Darling Basin Plan still stands to take 2750 gigalitres away from farmers and back into the river system for environmental flows each year. The revised plan has not been changed from the original proposal, despite having over 12 000 submissions from concerned businesses, organisations and individuals across NSW and Victoria. The signatories below call on the Federal Government to re-consider the amount of water taken from farmers under the Basin Plan and the potential detriment this will cause on one of Australia’s most efficient areas of food production.”

Updates

Reached 250 supporters

June 29, 2012

June 27, 2012

I have finalized the formal briefing document for the upcoming presentation to state parliament. Correspondence is now being drafted to key representatives to ensure they review our concerns prior to the session.

Reached 100 supporters

June 12, 2012

6 Comments

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Sarah Mitchell
14 years ago Featured

This plan is a joke. They have no idea what it's like on the ground out here. Stop taking our water or we will have no towns left.

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Gary Espinoza
14 years ago Featured

Total disaster waiting to happen. The farmers know more about the river than the bureaucrats in Canberra ever will.

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Dave Cooper
14 years ago Featured

Our farmers are the backbone of this country. Why do they want to ruin the food bowl of Australia? Keep the water for the people who actually produce something.

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Brenda Bennett
14 years ago Featured

Please listen to the people who grow our food! 2750 gigalitres is way too much to just pull out of production.

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Jessica Holmes
14 years ago Featured

Its not fair to punish the businesses that keep our regional towns alive. Rethink these numbers before it is too late

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Mark Ramos
14 years ago Featured

Too much water being taken. My family has been on the land for generations and this is just going to kill the local economy dead.

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