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New Chairman and members for Southern Rural Water Board
Two new members and a new Chairman have been appointed to Southern Rural Water’s Board. Current Deputy Chairman, Diane James AM will become Chairman on 1 October 2017. Ms James has been a SRW director for two years and has a background in business ownership and...Women hold more than half the seats on Water Boards
The Andrews Labor Government has achieved gender equality on water boards, with women now holding 50 per cent or more of seats on all water boards across the state. Women also hold 50 per cent of seats on the boards of Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) across...Big allocation increase for MID farmers
Southern Rural Water has announced that Macalister Irrigation District irrigators now have 85% allocation against their high reliability water shares. Excellent rains in the upper catchments have boosted the volumes in Lake Glenmaggie to over 60% and our Thomson Dam...Australian Government contributes $20M to boost production and jobs in the MID
Two Federal Ministers visited the Macalister Irrigation District (MID) on Monday (28 August) to confirm funding from the Australian Government for the next phase of irrigation modernisation. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources,...For all media queries, please contact:
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