Tag: Coleambally 2707
Inland communities want voice in water debate: Nash
Nationals' Senator Fiona Nash has met irrigators and groups in Moree, Narrabri and Gunnedah to discuss the impacts of the Government's water policies.[MORE]
Hunt to embark on Murray-Darling pilgrimage
Opposition water spokesman Greg Hunt is going on a 3,000-kilometre trek through the Murray-Darling Basin next week.[MORE]
Ethanol development uncertain
A proposed $200 million ethanol development in the Junee Shire looks like being delayed if it goes ahead at all.[MORE]
Irrigation chairman attacks water offer
Coleambally Irrigation's chairman, Robert Black, says the latest offer to buy out small irrigators is just another step to wipe out rural communities.[MORE]
Hope remains for Coleambally dairy, ethanol plant
There is hope a $100 million dairy and ethanol plant will still be built near Coleambally, despite the project being put on hold.[MORE]
$100m dairy, ethanol plant on hold
A Sydney-based company has put a hold on plans for a $100 million dairy and ethanol project at Coleambally in southern New South Wales.[MORE]
Coleambally not for sale
About 500 people turned out in Coleambally last night to be told the offer to sell the town for $3.5 billion was not serious.[MORE]
Coleambally discusses $3.5b buyback offer
Coleambally residents will meet tonight to discuss the offer to sell the town and its water to the Federal Government for $3.5 billion.[MORE]
Community support for Coleambally sale idea
Coleambally residents are supporting a suggestion the town be sold to the Federal Government.[MORE]
Concerns aired over Coleambally sale comments
There is concern the suggestion that Coleambally be sold to the Federal Government could harm planned investment in the town.[MORE]
$3.5b price tag put on Coleambally water
A $3.5 billion price is being touted to buy back the water currently going to the Riverina irrigation town of Coleambally.[MORE]
Rice industry focuses on challenges
About 250 people are expected at Coleambally today for the annual Ricegrowers Association (RGA) conference in a year when production is at an 80-year low.[MORE]
Concerns raised over Aboriginal services delivery
A local Indigenous leader says the New South Wales Government and its agencies are so caught up in their own agendas it is affecting the delivery of services to Aboriginal people.[MORE]
Police name road crash victim
Police have named a 68-year-old woman from Coleambally who died in a single vehicle crash in the town on Saturday night.[MORE]
SunRice boosts price offer
SunRice is offering big money to growers in a bid to lift Australian rice production next season to 120,000 tonnes.[MORE]
Farm group wants free bus travel for isolated preschoolers
The New South Wales Farmers Association is calling on the State Government to fund free bus travel for preschool students in isolated areas.[MORE]
Tirkandi Inaburra Centre impresses Hatzistergos
New South Wales Attorney-General John Hatzistergos says he is impressed by the success of the Tirkandi Inaburra Centre for Aboriginal boys at risk, but it is too early to say if it will be replicated elsewhere.[MORE]
Ethanol plant proponent up-beat about meeting conditions
The man behind the planned $100 million ethanol plant and dairy at Coleambally, in southern New South Wales, says the conditions set by the State Government can be met.[MORE]
Ethanol plant 'would be good for dairy industry'
The New South Wales Government's approval of a $100 million project for an ethanol plant and dairy at Coleambally could make the Riverina home to Australia's largest dairy. [MORE]
NSW Govt sets conditions for planned ethanol plant
The company behind a proposed ethanol and dairy development in south-west New South Wales is considering the development conditions before making any public comment.[MORE]
SunRice job cuts begin this week
Drastic jobs cuts at food processor SunRice have taken effect this week.[MORE]
SunRice slashes 180 jobs over drought
One of the country's largest food processors, SunRice, is cutting 180 jobs in southern New South Wales in response to the ongoing drought.[MORE]
Disappointment aired over shelved biofuel development plans
There is dismay at Agri Energy's decision to pull out of biofuels developments planned for Coleambally, Oaklands and Condobolin in New South Wales.[MORE]
Missing Coleambally man found safe
An 84-year-old Coleambally man has been reunited with his family after going missing overnight, sparking a wide search.[MORE]
Decision looks for planned Coleambally dairy, ethanol plant
The chairman of the Riverina Regional Organisation of Councils (RIVROC), Terry Hogan, says the proposed $100 million Coleambally dairy and ethanol plant, in southern New South Wales, is only weeks away from going to the Planning Minister for a decision.[MORE]
