NATIONAL IRRIGATORS’ COUNCIL
Advocating for the Australian irrigated agriculture industry
We have updated our draft climate Position Statement in response to feedback at our General Meeting.
We will discuss this at our Drop In on Wednesday, and look forward to hearing your feedback then.
The draft NIC Submission for the Menindee Lakes Review is now available for member feedback. You will find the draft submission on our
members area > policy & strategy > Menindee Lakes.
We will discuss the draft submission at next weeks Drop-In, which is an opportunity to provide feedback.
Note: NIC received an extension to May 8th.
Thank you to all our Members who have provided input prior to and during the 12-weeks of consultation.
Our submission has now been lodged.
NIC Media Release: Now Is The Time For Stability - Irrigators Submit To Basin Plan Review
23 April 2026, Sydney, NSW: The National Irrigators’ Council (NIC) met in Sydney today to finalise a response to the
Murray-Darling Basin Plan Review, issuing a sneak peek.
“The balance has been struck when it comes to sharing water, with three-decades of reforms shrinking the share for farmers by one-third,”
said NIC CEO, Zara Lowien.
“The Government’s own science says there’s no need to further reduce water from farming, showing 92% of environmental indicators across the
Basin’s rivers would not change.”
Our Basin Plan Snapshot is now ready to share!!
Thanks everyone for your input into this great fact sheet.
As we prepared to get ready for our April General Meeting, the final Agenda and Papers are now available for review prior to the Thursday. These
include two new updated papers to help guide discussions on Climate Uncertainty and Menindee Lakes, as well as a background brief for the Water Act discussion.
We look forward to welcoming you to Sydney. Reminder, a casual breakfast will start from 7:30am prior to the meeting.
The Productivity Commission has updated a FAQ document to be clear on the definition of 'water services' and whether or not the inquiry will consider the NWA.
Following last week's Member Policy discussion, a Draft Position Statement on Climate Uncertainty is available for review and feedback. Feedback
is welcome by Friday 10th April. We intend to finalise this Position Statement at our April General Meeting.
REMINDER - the Blue box is the text that is agreed or voted on by Members and should be the focus of feedback. The remaining text is
background and can be updated as needed with new information without Member approval.
Following feedback and discussion, we have updated the Basin Plan snapshot document to include climate as well as, more detail on the Basin Plan 2.0 and 1.0.
Visit the Members Area to see the web version of the attached PDF.
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