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[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

@Kate_McBride_1 @RoseBJackson @ChrisMinnsMP It's extremely unfortunate almost all of the buybacks to date (and those that are being proposed) are on the Murray River which does nothing to help the Darling-Baaka issues.

The Murray doesnt have the capacity to handle the transfer of all of this additional water.

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

@RichardCBeasley It's always seemed strange the intense focus on water recoveries in the southern basin above natural and physical constraints in the river system which mean the additional water cannot be delivered & in any event does nothing to help this ecological disaster on the Darling River

[Helen Dalton MP @helendalton22]

I defended NSW irrigators from illegal water buy backs for environmental flows to S.A. this week in Parliament.

The NSW State and Federal Govts must understand that it’s not ok to steal 450GL of water from irrigation communities.

Buy backs are a wrecking ball.

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

@MaryanneSlatte1 The Natural Resources Commission and @MaryanneSlatte1 are right - without a volumetric benchmark to reconcile future actions against, there is nothing to hold bureaucrats accountable from either massive overreach into consumptive water or visa versa. It's multiple steps backwards

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

10 times worse than the last major fish kill in 2019. The Water Management Act 2000 stipulates reviews are required every 5 years yet they've never occured. Who will step up and try to fix this? https://t.co/VtcCIMj6jj

[The Project @theprojecttv]

Few people outside of Menindee have heard of it before, a catastrophic fish kill five years ago. Now, millions of fish once again have been found dead as locals plead for more help from authorities. Water researcher @kate_mcbride_1 explains what is causing the mass deaths.

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

An environmental disaster at Menindee. What happened to "adaptive management"? Or any management!

Millions of dead fish continue to flow in worst kill event in region's history | ABC News

https://t.co/OLpqOIfDOD

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

@david_papps55 Beyond keeping the maximum 30% carryover for next year, what other environmental waterings are required this year? Why not spill the excess water now so allocations to the productive sector can maximise the wet conditions whilst the Valley remains well under the SDL

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

If the intention is to move to SDL reporting, surely someone needs to check the SDL is less than Cap. Unfortunately this has been ignored & NSW will licence over-extraction in northern NSW and the Commonwealth is looking to make up for it by taking further water from southern NSW

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

@MD_Basin_Auth
released another report to approve NSW changes to the BDL by stressing how important it was to compare them to Cap - then in the next paragraph admitted it didn't formally assess the models against Cap or new "Cap scenario". It's worthless https://t.co/X0stBphELW

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

@soupercocky Cherry-picking soundbites from a document that isn't publicly available and which we do not know the process or the veracity of (or the responses to it) is inappropriate. They could have just asked the people named, rather than a new employee of MIL with just 6 weeks in the role.

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

@soupercocky A comprehensive Inquiry and full transparency is something we definitely support. Water ownership and trades (including those by EWHs) should be made publicly available and transparent and must adhere to the Basin Plan Water Trading rules to ensure integrity and public confidence

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

@soupercocky @acccgovau @nswpolice Procedural fairness requires the person under investigation to be given a reasonable opportunity to put their case. The appropriate thing to do was to direct the question to the people who are the subject of the allegation and allow them to respond. Frankly, it was unbecoming

[Maryanne Slattery @MaryanneSlatte1]

The Shooters Party’s fractured fight for the Murray–Darling https://t.co/d8EsaiqZZ9 via @SatPaper

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

In 2020, Australian leaders were crowing that we are a country of 25 million producing food for 75 million. That statistic sounds absurd today if you visit a supermarket. We must protect those producing staples such as dairy, wheat, rice, fruits and beef.

https://t.co/CP4s0LhCPy

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

Thankfully it has rained a lot and water storages are full. However, in supermarkets today, supply is struggling to keep up with demand & food prices are soaring. More foresight is needed to protect food production in Aust

Farmers need water to grow food https://t.co/Oo5rddBJNW

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

@Jeremy_Morton_ @NSWDPIE_Water @craigfeuerherdt @Rawalak_Farms @Jeremy_Morton The triggers for Additional Dilution Flows have been met. A combined volume of 2,000GL is required at Hume & Dartmouth & both of those storages have >2,000GL

NSW Murray Valley General Security have every right to question why they are deprived of 547GL (31% of their allocation)

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

@Jeremy_Morton_ @NSWDPIE_Water @craigfeuerherdt @Rawalak_Farms @Jeremy_Morton The "additional dilution flow" requirement of 3,000ML per day (50% from NSW) is in addition to the 1,850GL (which includes 58GL per mth for dilution and losses).

That's a further 547,500ML from the NSW MV GS consumptive pool for a salinity issue that doesnt exist.

[Horne Legal @HorneLegal]

@Jeremy_Morton_ @NSWDPIE_Water @craigfeuerherdt @Rawalak_Farms @Jeremy_Morton What is the purpose of "salt dilution" flows on top of 750GL to the SA border when there was over 400GL in airspace releases from Hume over the past month and there has been no salinity issues for decades?