MEDIA CENTRE
In a constantly changing market environment, it is important that irrigators have access to current and relevant industry information. Waterfind's media centre is updated daily to ensure that you remain up-to-date with the latest announcements regarding water allocations and market policy and management.
Media contacts:
Tom Rooney, Founder/Sales Manager
0407 974 100
tom@waterfind.com.au
Ray Knobloch - Business Administration Manager and Company Secretary
1800 890 285
ray.knobloch@waterfind.com.au
Publications
| 9-Mar-2010 ~ Water Prices Drop 19% for sales to the Commonwealth | |
| Prices paid in the 2009/10 season have been lower in all water markets, ranging from a 13% reduction in Victorian Murray below choke water up to a 34% reduction in prices paid for New South Wales Murray above choke water. View | |
| 4-Mar-2010 ~ GMW and LMW Improve Water Trading Efficiency | |
| GMW (Goulburn Murray Water) and LMW (Lower Murray Water) have introduced an automated interface system allowing details with them, significantly improving transfer times for internal and interstate trades. View | |
| 4-Mar-2010 ~ Waterfind Launches SMS Trading Service | |
| Waterfind has launched Australia’s first SMS water trading service. Waterfind clients can now receive SMS water alerts and the ability to trade all through their mobile phone. View | |
| 4-Mar-2010 ~ Lower Darling Now Open | |
| NSW Water Commissioner David Harriss has announced the opening of trades from the Lower Darling to the Murray River for the remainder of 2009/10 water year. View | |
| 4-Mar-2010 ~ Free Water Market Seminars | |
| Free seminars will be held across the Southern Murray-Darling Basin between late January and mid February. These seminars will provide valuable information for those interested in buying and selling water. View | |
| 4-Mar-2010 ~ A Better Deal For MIL Water Buyers | |
| Analysis conducted by National Water Brokers, Waterfind has shown that growers using a national market trading platform can smooth localised demand and supply spikes created by events such as heat waves and localised peak crop demands. View | |
| 4-Mar-2010 ~ Water Sellers Potentially Misled by Water Lodgement Agencies | |
| Water sellers wishing to be involved in the Commonwealth buy back tender may have been misled by some organisations giving the impression that they are the approved agents of the Commonwealth. View | |
| 7-Dec-2009 ~ Summer Water Trading Update | |
| Waterfind's monthly report for the Southern Murray-Darling Basin found that the average price of temporary water during November was $176 per megalitre with 121 GL being traded. View | |
| 16-Nov-2009 ~ Second Murrumbidgee Water Ballot Announced | |
| The NSW Office of Water today announced that a second water ballot is to be undertaken for water to be traded from the Murrumbidgee Valley to the Murray Valley. View | |
| 16-Nov-2009 ~ River Murray Irrigation Allocations Rise To 48% | |
| Minister for the River Murray Karlene Maywald has today announced an increase to South Australian allocations from 46% to 48% of entitlement. View | |
| 16-Nov-2009 ~ Murray and Goulburn Allocations Increase | |
| Goulburn-Murray Water has today announced increased allocations for the Murray and Goulburn systems, to 55% (+2%) and 41% (+1%) of high-reliability water shares, respectively. View | |
| 16-Nov-2009 ~ Water allocations for southern NSW remain unchanged | |
| NSW Water Commissioner, David Harriss, today advised there would be no change to water allocations in either the Murrumbidgee and Murray Lower Darling River Valleys. View | |
| 9-Nov-2009 ~ Carry-over option available again | |
| Minister for the River Murray Karlene Maywald today announced South Australian irrigators will be able to carryover all of their allocations not used in 2009-10 into the 2010-11 water year. View | |
| 2-Nov-2009 ~ More water available for SA irrigators | |
| More River Murray water has become available to South Australia, allowing for increased allocations for South Australian irrigators, critical human needs and the environment. View | |
| 2-Nov-2009 ~ Increases for Murray and Goulburn Allocations | |
| The Murray system allocation has today been increased to 53% of high-reliability water shares (HRWS), which is an increase of 16%. The seasonal allocation in the Goulburn system has been increased to 40% of HRWS, which is an increase of 7%. View | |
| 2-Nov-2009 ~ Small increases continue for General security irrigators in Murray and Murrumbidgee Valleys | |
| NSW Commissioner for Water, David Harriss announced today an increase in water availability to general security water users in the Murray and Murrumbidgee Valleys. View | |
| 29-Oct-2009 ~ Water broker says "regulate us now" | |
| The water market is an integral part of a robust farming sector and a critical part of our Nation’s water management framework which conducts billions of dollars of trading per annum. View | |
| 22-Oct-2009 ~ Increase in water allocations to Murray and Murrumbidgee General Security users. | |
| General Security allocations in the Murray Valley have increased from 5% to 9% and in the Murrumbidgee from 4% to 11%. View | |
| 15-Oct-2009 ~ Small Improvement for General Security Water Users in the Murray and Murrumbidgee Valleys. | |
| Acting NSW Water Commissioner, Tracey Barton , today announced an increase in water allocations for general security water users in the both the Murrumbidgee and Murray Valleys. View | |
| 15-Oct-2009 ~ Irrigation allocations increase to 34%. | |
| South Australian River Murray licence holders will be able to access 34% of their entitlement from today, an increase of 9%. View | |
| 15-Oct-2009 ~ Increases for Murray and Goulburn Allocations. | |
| Goulburn-Murray Water, the resource manager for northern Victorian water systems, announced increased allocations for the Murray and Goulburn today. The allocations in the Broken, Campaspe, Loddon and Bullarook systems remained unchanged at zero. View | |
| 1-Oct-2009 ~ Murray and Goulburn Allocations Improve with Good Inflows. | |
| The 1 October 2009 seasonal allocation in the Murray system is 29% of high-reliability water shares (HRWS), which is an increase of 16%. The seasonal allocation in the Goulburn system is 30% HRWS, which is an increase of 23%. View | |
| 1-Oct-2009 ~ Irrigator water allocations to increase. | |
| Recent improved inflows into the Murray-Darling Basin mean South Australia’s River Murray licence holders will be able to access 25% of their entitlement from today, up from 16 %. View | |
| 1-Oct-2009 ~ September rain brings first general security allocations to the Murray and Murrumbidgee Valleys | |
| Improved water availability in the Murray Valley has allowed NSW to increase its high security allocation to 97% of entitlement and to make an initial allocation to general security users of 1%. View | |