Each Great Journey

[Boomi Boy]

Each great journey begins with the first step!!!

The puchase of Toorale Station by the NSW Govt means the Warrego will be free flowing along its entire length in NSW. This is the first Govt purchase of a major cotton irrigation property in the MDB, and hopefully the first of many. Flood irrigation of cotton has done the majority of damage to the sustainable requirements of the Nthn MDB.
I am no keener on paying tax than the next man, but I,m happy to contribute to this. I would even cough up for a levy if they needed the funds to buy out the big "rapists" like Cubby Station,



cheers

[TimiBoy]

Ooo Rah!

Tim

[Outsider1]

And this will help a little also, although I am sure Qld can do more on this front (like buying out part, or all of Cubby Station).

Queensland to boost Murray flows

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin

The Warrego river near Charleville in January, 2008. (Getty Images: Bradley Kanaris)

• Map: Cunnamulla 4490
• Related Story: Whole Murray-Darling system needs rescue: Rann

The Queensland Government will allow more than 10 billion litres of water, previously allocated for farming, to flow through the Murray-Darling River system.
Last year the Government put an auction of 8 billion litres of water allocations from the Warrego River, in the state's south-west, on hold.
Premier Anna Bligh says that auction will now not proceed.
She says the allocations will be part of a transfer of 10.6 billion litres of water entitlements to the Commonwealth.
Queensland Water Minister Craig Wallace says it is a gift from Queenslanders.
"Unlike some of the water that has been purchased in the Southern Basin, we will play our role without cost," he said.
"Water from the Nebine, Moonie and Border rivers will make up the rest of the total."
Ian Johnson from the Queensland Farmers Federation says it will restrict irrigators near the Warrego, but is a reasonable outcome.
"With all the conjecture and the debate it left the whole issue quite uncertain, and I think this is the best decision the Queensland Government could make ... given the questioning coming from the south," he said.
The decision comes after the federal and New South Wales governments bought a large cotton farm in NSW this week to deliver 20 billion litres of water entitlements back to the Darling River.