Bendigo based water broker H2OX raises concerns over 'written-off' irrigation allocations

Andrew Miller
Updated July 10 2019 - 12:52pm, first published 11:51am
WRITTEN OFF: The Hume Dam spilling: Bendigo-based water broker H2OX claims there is still a substantial amount of irrigation water being 'written-off' at the end of each season.
WRITTEN OFF: The Hume Dam spilling: Bendigo-based water broker H2OX claims there is still a substantial amount of irrigation water being 'written-off' at the end of each season.

Claims that more than 30 gigalitres of irrigation water was written off at the end of the last season, have been rejected by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Journalist

I'm a general reporter with Stock & Land, with a special interest in irrigation issues. I completed my cadetship, with the Age, in 1980. Over my career, I've worked for ABC radio news (Mt Isa, Qld) and at provincial and suburban newspapers.

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