Tuesday, 31 October 2023

Ovens Valley electorate

Tim McCURDY (Ovens Valley) (14:41): (388) My question is to the Minister for Water, and it is on behalf of Peter Nankervis, whose property is located at Nariel Creek. The clarification we are seeking are the steps required to move forward for Mr Nankervis to obtain a 350-megalitre allocation bore licence. In March 2021 Mr Nankervis applied for a licence and Goulburn–Murray Water assisted, and they gave him feedback in June 2022 to say they were working on it. In December 2022 Goulburn–Murray Water wrote to say that more assessments needed to be done before a licence could be granted. A 20-megalitre allocation was subsequently granted even though Mr Nankervis had not applied for it. We seek clarification on the actual steps required to move this application forward so that Mr Nankervis can use his legal and legitimate bore.