Talking Water - Tuesday 16 April, 2024

This week's contents

Operations

• Preparations for Winter Works maintenance underway 
• 2024 Season Trade closure dates 
• NSW Government updates forecast opening allocations for 1 July 2024 
• Water Delivery Performance
• Talking Water data 

Business

• General Meeting Results 
• Call for director nominations 
• Free counselling services available to shareholders 

Industry

• My Rain Gauge is Busted! 
• Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship 
• CottonInfo E-newsletter and Moisture Manager – Multi week weather outlook 
  

Preparations for Winter Works maintenance underway 

Preparation for our 2024 Winter Works maintenance program has commenced with ground works and importing of materials to sites already commenced. 

Please be aware these works will increase heavy machinery activity and vehicle movements across the Murray Irrigation footprint, particularly near channels. 

Click the button below to see where maintenance will be occurring this winter. 

You can check if your outlets are in this year’s Maintenance Areas via the “My Outlets” tab in your Customer Portal, as shown below. 

If you want to discuss this year’s winter works program, call us on 1300 138 265 or email us at customersupport@murrayirrigation.com.au. 

2024 Season Trade closure dates

• Friday 21 June, 5.00pm - Water Exchange (WEX) closes. 
• Monday 24 June, 5.00pm - External transfers to / from Murray Irrigation close. 
• Tuesday 25 June, 5.00pm - Internal transfers to / from Murray Irrigation landholdings close. 
• Tuesday 25 June, 5.00pm - Customer Portal access closes. 
• Monday 1 July - Water Exchange (WEX) and Customer Portal re-open.
  

NSW Government updates forecast opening allocations for 1 July 2024 

A new Water Allocation Statement from the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) was published yesterday, including a water availability outlook for the 2024-25 season. The likely commencing general security allocation of 30% of entitlement, remains unchanged.

Water Delivery Performance 8/4/2024 – 14/4/2024 

Talking Water data 09/04/2024

All the detailed data for Murray Irrigation allocations, delivery, channel flow and Water Exchange temporary trade is available on our company web page below. 

To see the latest data for Murray system storages and rivers, visit the Murray Darling Basin Authority's River data page. 

Additional resources 

MDBA weekly report
NSW Water allocation statements
Rainfall and evaporation
Barmah Choke trade balance

The information and data provided in Talking Water is for general reference purposes only. We take best endeavours to ensure accuracy. 

General Meeting Results

On Wednesday 10 April 2024, Murray Irrigation facilitated a general meeting for shareholders to vote for (yes) or against (no) two resolutions relating to the removal of non-member directors Trisha Gorman and Robert Burbury from the Murray Irrigation Board. 

The results of the meeting are as follows: 

Resolution 1: Removal of Director – Mrs Trisha Gorman 

• For: 552 
• Against: 740 
• Abstain: 6 

Resolution 2: Removal of Director – Mr Robert Burbury 

• For: 543 
• Against: 745 
• Abstain: 10 

As a result, both resolutions put forward by the requisitioning directors did not pass. 

You can read the full shareholder update and view the breakdown of results below. 

Call for director nominations

Murray Irrigation is calling for nominations to fill at least two director vacancies on the company’s Board of Directors.

Nominations are welcome for both Member Director and Non-Member Director roles. 



For more information on why an out of cycle director nomination process is being held, read our shareholder update below. 

Free counselling services available to shareholders 

Murray Irrigation is extending its Employee Assistance Program (EAP) free of charge to all shareholders until 28 April. 

Throughout this period, AccessEAP is also providing an additional dedicated phone support service, where 30-minute confidential counselling sessions can be pre-booked. 

This service is entirely confidential and available to all shareholders.



More details are available in the Shareholder Update below. 

Industry News

My Rain Gauge is Busted!

My Rain Gauge is Busted is a podcast channel produced by “The Break Team” at Agriculture Victoria. 

Here they talk about all things climate and farming and explore stories from farmers, researchers and innovative folk about our weather, the seasons and the climate, and the great work underway setting us up well for the future. 

You can check out episodes here: 

Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship

The 2021 State of the Environment report released in 2022 shows that we must do more to protect and restore Australia’s unique environment. 

The Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Package aims to help address this need. We are looking at how to use environmental markets to increase private sector participation in delivering biodiversity outcomes. We are also ensuring integrity and genuine environmental benefits. This will build on, and learn from, existing programs, including the Carbon + Biodiversity (C+B) Pilot and Enhancing Remnant Vegetation (ERV) Pilot. 



Enquiries about the program can be directed to agstewardship@dcceew.gov.au 

CottonInfo E-newsletter and Moisture Manager – Multi week weather outlook

Each week, CottonInfo issues a new e-newsletter: a topical e-newsletter covering issues of importance to growers, from water management and energy use efficiency, to biosecurity and stewardship. 

Once a month, they issue our Moisture Manager e-newsletter, bringing you the latest weather forecasts and predictions from the leading weather models.

If this information is of interest to you, you can subscribe via the button below.