NATIONAL IRRIGATORS’ COUNCIL
RESEARCH & ANALYSIS
Advocating for the Australian irrigated agriculture industry
NATIONAL IRRIGATORS’ COUNCIL
Advocating for the Australian irrigated agriculture industry
Our role as an irrigation industry leader means we must be informed and inform our industry (Members, Partners and Supporters) of key research and their relevance to contemporary water policy. Many of these resources are available via our website covering the following key themes:
We publish our reviews of research and reports via our website, as part of ensuring accurate, factual and balanced understanding of water policy. These can often be critical reviews or endorsements. From time to time, we undertake in-house analysis on available data and research gaps.
Australian Farm Institute, Executive Director Katie McRobert says "Much of Australia’s agricultural policy is caught in a loop. When a crisis erupts – be it drought, market disruption, or community outrage – political and media attention surges. Decisions are demanded, headlines written, levers pulled. But as the immediate threat subsides, so too does the will to implement lasting solutions...This edition of the Farm Policy Journal explores that cycle – and asks what we can do to break it. ....The opening article by Christine Freak and Zara Lowien examines the long and often reactive trajectory of water policy reform in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB)...[They] offer offer an original contribution to this challenge in the form of the Triple Crown of Water Reform Framework, which conceptualises reform as a three-pronged effort: water-sharing (Flows), watermanagement (Functions), and integrated resource initiatives (Further)."
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