"In the Northern Basin, Commonwealth EOI participants have the opportunity to learn from a similar process that occurred in the Southern Basin, where a Commonwealth EOI was experienced for the first time at the end of 2024. Amongst some of the lessons we have learned is that participants that engage in lodging an EOI are provided a unique opportunity to submit a water offer in a limited tender that precedes the EOI. We are therefore encouraging water holders who may want a future option to sell entitlement to the Commonwealth in the months or years ahead to be involved with this program – as it keeps your options open to engage with Australia's biggest water buyer who is often at the leading edge of market price"

"As we enter the twilight period of what has been a Commonwealth 20 year water market engagement, I am encouraging all water market participants in the target areas to review their water entitlement portfolios and future water use plans. While we have experienced an unprecedented compounding growth in water right values over the last 2 decades, their has been times of stabilisation and even limited decline in value for certain water rights over this period. These declines have often been correlated with the Commonwealth exiting interest in that water security class for a lengthy period of time. For water right holders considering a future sell position it is worthy to note that the Commonwealth is legislated to finish their water recovery targets within the next 21 months. As a farmer, which I was in my earlier years, I wanted to keep all my options open to maximise my total farm value, participating in these types of programs is doing just that and as such I therefore encourage."