Article: Fed: Murray-Darling rescue package central to COAG meeting

Article: Fed: Water again to dominate discussions as premiers talk
AAP General News (Australia);  February 9, 2007 ;     150 words ......discussion at a meeting of state and territory leaders in Sydney today. The Council of Australian...billion dollar plan to take over the Murray-Darling basin. The state leaders say the funding...with follow-up discussion on the Murray-Darling basin plan .. the ...

Article: Fed: Murray-Darling rescue package central to COAG meeting
AAP General News (Australia);  July 3, 2008 ;     252 words ......meeting CANBERRA, July 3 AAP - The battle to save the Murray-Darling Basin looms as the biggest concern that will confront Prime Minister Kevin Rudd when he meets with state and territory leaders today. They will assemble in Sydney today at the Council...Australian Governments (COAG) ...

Article: HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Feb 9
AAP General News (Australia);  February 9, 2007 ;     409 words ......9 SYDNEY - Australia's state and territory leaders have announced they will introduce...Canberra's plan to take control of the Murray-Darling basin over the weekend. (Water Howard...an agreement on the future of the Murray-Darling Basin. (Water Rudd Lead. See also ...

Article: AUSTRALIA: PM TO CONVENE MEETING ON NATIONAL WATER PLAN
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 4, 2007 ;     173 words ......convene a meeting of the Commonwealth and relevant state and territory leaders. Given the importance of this issue and the need to proceed...the 12th of February, also at 10am, as alternatives. The Murray-Darling Basin states and territories are New South Wales, Victoria...

Article: Fed: Water still a test for Rudd and the premiers
AAP General News (Australia);  July 3, 2008 ;     164 words ......was first touted .. a 13 billion-dollar plan to save the Murray-Darling Basin is still the biggest concern facing KEVIN RUDD .. when he sits down with state and territory leaders today. The Sydney Council of Australian Governments meeting...

Article: Vic: Bracks says 'no' to water plan
AAP General News (Australia);  April 12, 2007 ;     124 words ......Prime Minister's push for federal control over water and irrigation in the Murray-Darling basin. Mr BRACKS will discuss the plan with other state and territory leaders in Canberra later today .. ahead of tomorrow's COAG talks He says the...

Article: Fed: Crucial Murray-Darling deal just days away
AAP General News (Australia);  July 3, 2008 ;     128 words ......get it right. Prime Minister KEVIN RUDD'S meeting with state and territory leaders in Sydney is scheduled to finalise the rescue plan for the parched Murray-Darling basin. The initial deal to rescue the prime agricultural region was announced...

Article: Vic: Vic water powers are secure, Thwaites says
AAP General News (Australia);  February 22, 2007 ;     162 words ......if other states agree to give up theirs. State and territory leaders will meet the prime minister in Canberra tomorrow .. to discuss a water rescue plan for the Murray-Darling basin .. which includes handing control of the water to the...

Article: Fed: Speed up action on the Murray: Greens
AAP General News (Australia);  July 3, 2008 ;     219 words ......government needs to speed up action on the Murray-Darling Basin before its too late, Greens senator Rachel...senator's call comes as commonwealth, state and territory leaders meet in Sydney today for the Council of Australian...

Article: 1700 ABC 702 HEADLINES
AAP General News (Australia);  July 3, 2008 ;     214 words ......July 3 AAP - Main stories in today's 1700 ABC 702 news: - The PM and state and territory leaders say they've signed an agreement to save the Murray-Darling Basin. - The COAG meeting also came to agreement on business regulation and improving...

Article: NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers
AAP General News (Australia);  July 4, 2008 ;     143 words ......the next federal election in the wake of the Iguanas scandal. Page 2: State and territory leaders have agreed to hand control of the Murray-Darling Basin to a national body. Page 3: The partner of motor racing legend Peter Brock had...

Article: Fed: Howard to answer Bracks' water questions over the weekend
AAP General News (Australia);  February 9, 2007 ;     163 words ......Victorian Premier's questions on Canberra's plan to take control of the Murray Darling Basin .. over the weekend. Murray-Darling Basin state and territory leaders met the Prime Minister in Canberra yesterday .. in their first attempt...

Article: FED: Murray-Darling a long-term challenge for Australia:Rudd
AAP General News (Australia);  July 3, 2008 ;     218 words ......Australia:Rudd SYDNEY, July 3 AAP - The plight of the Murray-Darling Basin is a long-term challenge for Australia and the federal...meeting in Sydney where Mr Rudd is meeting with state and territory leaders. In March, the Rudd government broke a 14-month impasse...

Article: The main stories on today's 1900 ABC TV news
AAP General News (Australia);  July 3, 2008 ;     177 words ......co-operate .. and they passed .. state and territory leaders have agreed on a historic deal with the federal...nearly four billion dollars to save the ailing Murray-Darling Basin. 2. The Iemma government is proud of it's...