SAMI Outcomes 2014

Irrigator input and direction for the South Australian River Murray Sustainability funds $240 million for 40GL – 3IP
Water Security & Trading
Water Allocation Planning consultation
National Irrigators Council membership & attendance
Input into revision of Commonwealth Water Act 2007 Carry-Over discussions
SARMS River Murray Advisory Committee
Site Use Approval discussions
Commonwealth/PIRSA SARMS project & SARMS 3IP initiative Loxton Research Centre redevelopment
Participation in the federal Agriculture Competitiveness Taskforce
Submission to the Lake Albert connector scoping study
Action to digest the EPBC ‘critically endangered’ listing and its prompt disallowance.
Read more in the 2014 Chairman’s Report (to be located in gallery & linked)
Irrigator representation to the Citrus Industry Senate Committee
2013 Australian Citrus Industry Review
SAMI collected member comments & made a formal submission to the Federal Senate Standing Committee on Rural & Regional Affairs & Transport Australian Citrus Industry Review 2013 conducted by Senator, Anne Ruston.
Read more in the 2013 Chairman’s Report (to be located in gallery & linked)
Hosted the Murray Darling Basin Authority – Di Davidson, Authority member to discuss Sustainable Diversion Limits and the Basin Plan
Hosted the Southern Riverine Irrigators COE, Louise Burge
Hosted Mining versus food expert Anne Daw exploring the potential impacts on gas exploration in irrigation regions in South Australia