2019 media releases
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Government helping farmers meet new metering rules
4 October 2019
NSW Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentThe NSW Government is adjusting the start dates for metering rules to ensure farmers can meet strict new metering obligations being rolled out in the Northern Basin, as the drought continues across the state.
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Water pressure returns in the Great Artesian Basin
3 October 2019
Ministerial Media Release - Minister Melinda PaveyThe NSW Government is investing $13 million over the next four years to continue their ‘Cap & Pipe the Bores Program’ in the Great Artesian Basin, work that has seen water pressure in the area increase for the first time in decades.
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Water Regulator to audit properties from Bourke to Mungindi
23 September 2019
Natural Resources Access RegulatorProperties in the Barwon-Darling region from Bourke to Mungindi will be visited by officers from the state’s water regulator this week as part of audit campaign ‘Operation Yadhala Mil’.
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Water Regulator targets Muswellbrook area in Compliance Campaign
5 September 2019
Natural Resources Access RegulatorCompliance officers from the Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) will be out systematically checking compliance with water take laws in the Muswellbrook area in the week beginning 9 September.
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Water Regulator moves from Start Up to best of breed in first year
4 September 2019
NSW Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentThe state’s new water regulator has released its first progress report, detailing its performance over an eventful first year of operations and setting its regulatory priorities for the next two years.
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Orange Falcon swoops on West
30 August 2019
NSW Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentA targeted campaign by the Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) this month investigated 60 alleged breaches of water laws, resulting in 36 actions taken.
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Rising river alert - Snowy river below Jindabyne dam
26 August 2019
NSW Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentThe NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment today issued a ‘rising river alert’ for the Snowy River between Jindabyne Dam and Dalgety in southern NSW for Tuesday 3 September 2019.
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Company fined $88k for unlawful creek front activities
23 August 2019
NSW Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentA company operating at Bundabah in the Port Stephens area was given the maximum penalty after being found guilty in Raymond Terrace Local Court on Thursday of four counts of unlawful activities on waterfront land.
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Murray Darling Basin plan untenable for NSW
5 August 2019
NSW Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentNSW is considering its options, in relation to the Murray Darling Basin Plan, after today’s Ministerial Council meeting failed to deliver for regional communities by refusing to pursue transparency and the threat of buybacks back on the table.
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New Consultative Group on NSW Burial and Cremation Services
31 July 2019
NSW Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentInterested members of the public are invited to apply for positions on a new Community and Consumer Consultative Group to provide input on the future of burial and cremation services in NSW.