Phil Duncan honoured by Griffith University for Indigenous advocacy in water space. For decades Phil “Leslie” Duncan has advocated for greater respect and understanding of Aboriginal connections to water.
NRAR entered into an enforceable undertaking with an almond farming company who self-reported a breach of the water laws.
A Queensland-based earthmoving company and a landowner who contracted it to build several unlawful bores were both convicted and fined more than $30,000 and will pay $40,000 in associated legal fees.
The Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) is continuing to monitor compliance across NSW to address the issue of water users overdrawing their water accounts. Audits from the 2020-21 financial year revealed more than half of audited accounts were being used correctly, while remaining water users were overdrawing from their water accounts.
A company in Walgett has been issued two stop work orders by the Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) for allegedly not complying with the metering rules. Like many across the state with large pumps, bores and water entitlements, this company needed to install accurate meters and telemetry that had been independently validated by a certified meter installer by 1 December 2020.