Water
Liberal Nationals back Victoria’s strong allocation system
16 April 2020
A push by irrigators in southern NSW to increase water allocations would rob Victorian farmers of water and should be flatly rejected.
Victoria has a strong, conservative system of water allocation that ensures we are putting away water for future years to provide Victorian irrigators high allocations, more often. This has allowed our system to deliver 100 per cent Murray high reliability allocations in 10 of the past 11 years.
The NSW allocation system maximises yield, meaning the system delivers more water, less often, making it more suited to opportunistic crops.
The NSW system has delivered 100 per cent NSW Murray General Security allocations in five of the last 11 years.
The Basin Plan has not changed how much water is allocated. NSW irrigators need to lobby the NSW Government to change their allocation system.
Comment attributable to Shadow Minister for Water Steph Ryan
Make no mistake, irrigators in northern Victoria face significant challenges, but our strong system of allocation is not one of them.
Where more water can be delivered to farmers on both sides of the river, it should be, but it must not come at the expense of Victorian irrigators.
Note: See my media release on returning more water to production in dry years here
Background
Historical Allocation Data 2000/2001 to 2018/19 |
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Season |
VIC Murray Water Right/High Reliability Water Share |
NSW Murray General Security |
2001/2002 |
200 |
86 |
2002/2003 |
129 |
11 |
2003/2004 |
100 |
45 |
2004/2005 |
100 |
42 |
2005/2006 |
144 |
56 |
2006/2007 |
95 |
0 |
2007/2008 |
43 |
0 |
2008/2009 |
35 |
9 |
2009/2010 |
100 |
22 |
2010/2011 |
100 |
100 |
2011/2012 |
100 |
100 |
2012/2013 |
100 |
100 |
2013/2014 |
100 |
100 |
2014/2015 |
100 |
61 |
2015/2016 |
100 |
19 |
2016/2017 |
100 |
100 |
2017/2018 |
100 |
46 |
2018/2019 |
100 |
0 |
2019/2020 |
66 |
0 |
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