C4GS Summer Edition Newsletter

Thank you for all of your continued support of the Committee for Greater Shepparton. Please read a message to our C4GS members from our CEO Sam Birrell & Chair Rob Priestly. It’s been a great year for Greater Shepparton, with a growing sense of optimism in the future of the region. Locals are starting to…

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Murray Darling Basin Plan

Keep up to date with the latest Murray Darling Basin Plan articles Dairy farmers fight to protect their Murray Waters The unresolved dispute over how much water must be returned to the environment under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is expected to dominate a meeting between federal and state water ministers today, with the Victorian town…

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Sam Birrell discusses Murray Darling Basin Plan on Jon Faine 774 ABC Radio

The Victorian Government released a socio-economic impact study into the Murray Darling Basin Plan. This work highlights the significant social and economic costs to our region, and it vindicates the work of the GMID Water Leadership Forum’s work, in that it reaches similar conclusions. The Federal Government must acknowledge the weight of mounting credible evidence…

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