Podcasts about murray darling basin authority

The Murray Darling Basin Authority is reviewing its water management rules in and around Menindee in the far west of NSW, Kangaroo Island residents are celebrating the fact that feral pigs could have be eradicated on the island and wool production has slumped to its lowest level since the end of the First World War.

The Murray Darling Basin Authority's Annual Operating Outlook is showing high levels of water storage..improving confidence for the new water year.  There are approximately 770 gigalitres more water in active storage at the end of July, compared to the long term average of 6 thousand and 7 gigalitres.  Rural Editor Emily Minney spoke with MDBA River Management Executive Director Jackie Hickey about the water storage levels.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the federal government admit the $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan will not be completed on time, the Conversation Hour explores the changing fortunes of the Murray Cod - and how a fine-dining renaissance might help its survival.

Tanya Plibersek writes to the Murray Darling Basin Authority asking it to report on the likelihood of the Basin Plan's mid-2024 water recovery deadlines being met

These last couple of months have seen a significant amount of rain across the Murray-Darling Basin, which has reinvigorated concerns about how the river system is being managed.   The sentiment echoes what the Inspector-General first heard when starting in the role: there was a level of distrust about how to key agencies were performing their duties. The community told the Inspector—General that they didn't think the Murray Darling Basin Authority was managing the River Murray properly. They also voiced concerns about how the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder was managing environmental flows.   A report titled Steady as it Flows has been released by the Inspector-General which looks at these concerns. While the report was released earlier in the year, we thought it was timely to sit down and take a look at it in more detail, to learn about the role of these agencies and their responsibilities.    View the report at the IGWC's website.

One disgruntled farmer is pleading for a meeting with the federal water minister to pass on his thoughts on what he calls mismanagement by the Murray Darling Basin Authority.  Anthony Roelink owns Roelink Wholesale Plants, south of Deniliquin, and has been through years of floods and inundation. He sat down with Rural Reporter Brady Evans to discuss the issue.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The State Government has introduced increased biosecurity measures to protect SA from emergency animal diseases, heavy rainfall has delayed the dog fence rebuild and a new resource is available for farmers to help them deal with the aftermath of a bushfire.

In this episode, join the Inspector-General of Water Compliance Troy Grant and Director of Compliance Monitoring Edwina Carter as we dive into the Annual Statement of Compliance for Sustainable Diversion Limits (SDLs). NSW is behind with submitting its Water Resource Plans, so Troy explains why he's worried about the late submissions, and what it means for the communities in the Murray Darling Basin. To read more about the Statement of Compliance, visit www.igwc.gov.au. Intro music by Leigh Robinson from Pixabay. Functions of the Inspector General IGWC function  The new statutory role of the Inspector-General of Water Compliance (Inspector-General) brings together the Commonwealth's responsibilities into a single statutory office. The Inspector-General will also have the compliance and enforcement functions currently held by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority. The new Inspector-General of Water Compliance will have regulatory powers under Commonwealth law. The Inspector-General will be able to work across the whole Basin to strengthen compliance, increase transparency and improve trust. The Inspector-General will provide independent oversight and monitoring of Commonwealth and Basin state compliance. A key priority for the Inspector-General will be to encourage greater consistency in the guidelines and standards across the Basin—so all water users are held to the same high bar. To do this, the Inspector-General will have new powers to make guidelines and standards, which will help build greater consistency across the Basin. The Inspector-General's main areas of compliance responsibility are: monitoring and auditing of water resource plan compliance investigating and enforcing non-compliance with sustainable diversion limits and assurance of Basin state compliance and enforcement frameworks, through audits and investigations supporting the development and implementation of standards and methods to improve the accuracy of water measurement to increase the transparency of water take across the Basin enforcing compliance with the Basin Plan water trading rules monitoring and reporting on the requirements of the Basin Plan and water resource plans related to the protection of planned environmental water The MDBA will retain its roles in: assessing water resource plans SDL accounting and reporting and the development of remote sensing and emerging technologies and the evaluation of Basin Plan outcomes

The independent member for Murray that takes in much of the NSW Murray River and lower Darling River speaks with Flow about the recent reports issued by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority regarding NSW's performance of Basin Plan obligations and options to resolve water flow challenges in the Barmah-Millewa forest.

A Murray Darling Basin Authority update provided a poor scorecard for New South Wales' efforts in meeting its Murray-Darling Basin Plan obligations, as the SA Water Minister questions other Basin states' commitment to deliver 450 gigalitres of water over the border for South Australia's riverine environment and communities

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Karen Benn has a Bachelor's and a Master's degree, and PhD in Environmental Science and a double major in Biology. She has worked for a Green NGO (Greening Australia VIC), several State Gov Departments including Melbourne Water and EPA. She also worked for the Murray Darling Basin Authority and Wet Tropics Management Authority. She has lectured at James Cook University and University of Queensland.

With a higher than expected rainfall event in the Hume catchment over the 4-5 September 2021 weekend, the Basin Authority advised it would release more water into the Murray River. The Authority advises potentially affected landholders to maintain a watch on potential flood advisory messaging from the Bureau of Meteorology, State Emergency Service and WaterNSW

The Murray Darling Basin Authority has announced it's cutting back how much water is being released from the Menindee Lakes A southern New South Wales farmer is still in shock after selling pregnant ewes for an astounding $988 a head The State Government will trial releasing sterile blowflies onto Kangaroo Island, to see if they can be used to eradicate the pest

Any day now the volume of water in the Menindee Lakes will surpass the threshold that'll see the Murray Darling Basin Authority able to call on water be released for downstream. Once the volume of water in the lakes surpasses 640 giga litres, some of it can be released as required downstream to Victoria and South Australia. The last time this happened was in December 2017. Rural editor Eddie Summerfield caught up MDBA Executive Director of River Management Andrew Reynolds  Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is ‘floodplain harvesting'? How does it impact on rivers? Is the NSW Government about to repeat the tragic mistake of over-allocating water on our dry continent? Hear from two experts who have been tracking the growth of private dams by satellite and have an urgent warning about impending tragedy for our rivers and wetlands. This week we are in Broken Hill to talk to two water experts, Maryanne Slattery a former Director of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, and Bill Johnson, who has worked for 30 years in water management and policy for the NSW and Commonwealth Governments, about the impact of the floodplain harvesting and its impending legalisation

This interview first aired on Thursday the 10th of September 2020 on ONE FM 98.5 Shepparton. One FM breakfast announcer Peter D. interviews Federal Government Water Minister the Hon. Keith Pitt who talks about the Murray Darling Basin Authority and the end of water buybacks. He also talks about the release of the Sefton Report. Listen to Peter D. live on weekday mornings from 6am-9am. Contact the station on admin@fm985.com.au or (+613) 58313131 The ONE FM 98.5 Community Radio podcast page operates under the license of Goulburn Valley Community Radio Inc. (ONE FM) Number 1385226/1.

Water Minister Keith Pitt announces decision to halt anymore water buybacks and revamp the Murray Darling Basin Authority

More water in storages and wetter catchments mean the managers of Australia's largest river system are more confident about the year ahead. The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has just released its plan for managing the Murray River this summer.

The Murray Darling Basin Authority says state governments are taking too long to deliver water saving projects, a world-first Climate Atlas has predicted how every wine region in Australia will change over the next 80 years based on a range of global climate models and the State Government is trying to determine how many kangaroos should be culled in South Australia.

More irrigation water could be bought back from farmers - that's the latest news from The Murray Darling Basin Authority, which says the rate at which state governments are delivering water saving projects is in some cases too slow. In a world first, Australian wine producers now have a customised guide to prepare them for climate change.

This interview first aired on Monday the 25th of May 2020 on ONE FM 98.5 Shepparton. One FM breakfast announcer Peter D. interviews David McKenzie who is from the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District Leadership Group. He responds to Damien Drum's calls to break up the Murray Darling Basin Authority. Listen to Peter D. live on weekday mornings from 6am-9am. Contact the station on admin@fm985.com.au or (+613) 58313131 The ONE FM 98.5 Community Radio podcast page operates under the license of Goulburn Valley Community Radio Inc. (ONE FM) Number 1385226/1.

The Murray Darling Basin Authority hopes a scientific report released today will put an end to questions about whether south Australia's lower lakes should be fresh or salt water. Work at the Pig Services Centre - which provides vaccines for farmers- remains temporarily suspended, with no update on its reopening.

We also spoke with Maryanne Slattery. Up until recently Maryanne was the senior water researcher at the Australia Institute. Before that she worked for the Murray Darling Basin Authority as the   for 12 years. Whilst there Maryanne didn't like what she saw. So much so she left and blew the whistle on them. We're going to find out about this and why the river system came to be in such bad health.We also spoke with University of Tasmania's school of social sciences Dr Natasha Chassagne. Dr Chassange wrote a piece connecting COVID and Climate Change. She also spoke about the South American social philosophy: buen vivir.

National Irrigators and Murray Darling Basin Authority welcome the Keelty report

James joined Faster Horses Consulting in 2019 as head of its Social & Government Division after previous social & government research roles with Colmar Brunton, Ipsos & Eureka Strategic Research. He has over 20 years' experience in the Australian Federal Government sector as both a buyer and a supplier to Government across nearly every portfolio at the Federal level. He is MBA qualified and has been granted Qualified Practicing Researcher (QPR) status. James has been at the forefront of the evolution of market & social research over his 21-year research career, including pioneering the use of online research communities in government with the Australian Taxation Office, the Murray Darling Basin Authority and the Royal Australian Mint. Just as we've moved from paper to phone to online data collection, he sees advancements in artificial intelligence and the effective leveraging of ‘big data' as rapidly reshaping the industry – not sometime into the future, but right now. He believes the key challenge for researchers lies in retaining their ability to connect with people in order to tell clients the true, evidence-based human story. Discussed in this episode: The skills required to be a great researcher A new model for data acquisition – UBDI How technology has effected research, and where it's going next The disruption of artificial intelligence Why the future of data will always require a human touch The importance of linking research to objectives James's advice for government communicators working with researchers Developing a ‘no surprises' mantra Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James joined Faster Horses Consulting in 2019 as head of its Social & Government Division after previous social & government research roles with Colmar Brunton, Ipsos & Eureka Strategic Research. He has over 20 years’ experience in the Australian Federal Government sector as both a buyer and a supplier to Government across nearly every portfolio at the Federal level. He is MBA qualified and has been granted Qualified Practicing Researcher (QPR) status. James has been at the forefront of the evolution of market & social research over his 21-year research career, including pioneering the use of online research communities in government with the Australian Taxation Office, the Murray Darling Basin Authority and the Royal Australian Mint. Just as we’ve moved from paper to phone to online data collection, he sees advancements in artificial intelligence and the effective leveraging of ‘big data’ as rapidly reshaping the industry – not sometime into the future, but right now. He believes the key challenge for researchers lies in retaining their ability to connect with people in order to tell clients the true, evidence-based human story. Discussed in this episode: The skills required to be a great researcher A new model for data acquisition – UBDI How technology has effected research, and where it’s going next The disruption of artificial intelligence Why the future of data will always require a human touch The importance of linking research to objectives James’s advice for government communicators working with researchers Developing a ‘no surprises’ mantra

“Part of the curse, I suppose, was knowing so much, knowing how rotten it is… And so, do you do something with that knowledge or do you just turn our back on it and look after yourself and raise chickens?”In this first episode of How to Make a Whistleblower, we investigate what happens to the whistleblower after the whistle has blown.Two years ago, Maryanne Slattery was an unassuming senior bureaucrat living just outside Canberra with her three children and many chooks. For someone who would rather shun the limelight -- how did Maryanne Slattery go from director of environmental water policy at the Murray Darling Basin Authority to public whistleblower?What happens to the person who blew the lid on fraud, corruption or mismanagement by a company or government department?Often there’s a headline-generating public scandal. Sometimes there might be a government inquiry or an institution will be forced to make changes, but too often the whistleblower’s life is left in ruins at the end of it allSo how was it different for Maryanne Slattery? When so many other whistleblowers face long jail sentences, career ostracism and even poverty - How did Maryanne land on her feet?Subscribe now and listen on your favourite podcast app.CREDITS: How to Make a Whistleblower is a special three-part podcast mini-series by the Australia Institute.Written and produced: Jennifer Macey. Additional production: Lizzie Jack. Executive producer: Anna Chang. Music by Blue Dot Sessions.For more information on this podcast and the Australia Institute’s research on the Murray Darling Basin, visit our website http://tai.org.au

The National Farmers Federation has put up drought support suggestions to the Prime Minister including exit packages to help farmers leave the land, the head of the Murray Darling Basin Authority says an interim report card shows good progress has been made this year as a result of the Basin plan and sunscreen made from mushroom waste and high-tech materials from Brussels sprout stalks are ideas out of the new Research Consortium Program for Agricultural Product Development at the University of Adelaide.   .

Eddie is a farmer in Invergordon who spoke to Seany about the Murray Darling Basin Authority and the current water allocation/situation/price scenario here right now in the GV. 

Darling River fish in their thousands died (more than a million according to some estimates) and many scurried for cover as blame was being attributed to individuals and institutions.Radio National breakfast host Cathy Van Extel explore the drama and talked with Murray Darling Basin Authority chief executive, Phil Glide and Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young who said the massive fish kill was the outcome of corruption, cotton and climate change.

It took 95 years for the states to agree on a national water plan, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. Agricultural Scientist Chris Russell explores whether or not it has been successful. Our Agriminder in this episode is the Chair of The Murray-Darling Basin Authority, the Hon Neil Andrew MP.

"The river and the lakes mean to us now... it's like blood flowing through our veins" - Uncle Badger BatesOn this episode of Earth Matters we look at the water shortages in the Lower Darling River system. We talk to Uncle Badger Bates of the Barkindji mob, and Jason Alexandra who's an expert in water management and used to work for the Murray Darling Basin Authority.

Welcome to this Kini Interview with Huw Pohler, Senior Consultant with Aither (www.aither.com.au), an economics, policy, and strategy consulting firm. Huw is a multidisciplinary water resource management and Asia engagement specialist, with on-the-ground experience in Australia, China, Malaysia, Myanmar and the UK. Before joining Aither, he worked in the federal public service (Murray-Darling Basin Authority), the not-for-profit sector (Asialink) the international consulting business (China Policy), and the tertiary education sector (ANU). Huw is an accomplished innovator; he co-founded the successful and sustainable Australia-China Youth Association and helped leverage a major grant from the federal government to establish Asialink Business. In this interview, we discuss - Lasting, meaningful connections and knowledge sharing between Chinese and Australians; - Aither’s Valuing Water Framework, and how countries might be able to engage with this tool; - Huw’s impressions on how to strategically prioritise national water management issues, with key stakeholders, in order to make progress in water management; - The critical importance of the water-food-energy nexus; - The growing concern of degrading surface water quality, and solutions that are emerging to monitor and improve water quality; We hope you enjoy this interview. For more updates please visit www.Kini.org.au.

Of all issues facing the nation right now, the future of the Murray Darling river system is near the top.  How is our most important river system going to feed a growing population? The Murray Darling Basin Authority is soon to release its landmark plan for how we manage the system. Fraser McLeod is executive director of the basin plan for the MDBA. Interview by Rod 12.9MB MP3 28min.