Media releases

Farmers and their communities will have access to more support with the Coalition Government announcing it will provide more funding, cut red tape and increase services. 

Murray-Darling Aboriginal communities will have more say on how the river system is run with a new dedicated Indigenous position on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority board

Minister for Water Resources David Littleproud is again calling on the Queensland Government to spring into action and extend the On-farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme to permanent horticulture plantings.

A group of eminent Australians has been established to help deliver $100 million in drought resilience and preparedness programs to communities every year through the Future Drought Fund.

Member for Maranoa, David Littleproud has welcomed new laws that will protect farming families from activist invasions.

Minister for Water Resources David Littleproud said today, alleged ‘unconscionable conduct’ by water traders and brokers in the Murray-Darling Basin would not be tolerated.

Work is underway to protect native fish in the Darling River this summer with an early warning system and special fish refuges.

Irrigators will soon be able to see what it costs to run the River Murray system with reviews of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s costs every three years.

The public will for the first time know how much water is in the Murray-Darling Basin, where it is, where it’s going and who owns it thanks to a new Bureau of Meteorology water monitoring tool.

Farmers and growers will get better access to vital water market information through a new web and mobile app, created thanks to $1 million funding from the Morrison Government.