A NSW irrigator pleads guilty to building a dam without approval and knowingly pumping almost double their water allocation from the Gwydir River for years.
abc.net.au/news/cotton-grower-handed-350k-fine-for-breaching-water-allocation/101921888A Moree irrigator has been fined more than $350,000 after an investigation by the Natural Resources Access Regulator found the farmer built a dam without approval and knowingly pumped almost double their water allocation for years.The court heard the farmer knowingly pumped 1.
The court fined the company $175,000 for the first offence which included 12 instances of knowingly taking water while equipment wasn't working between 2016-2017.Barnes was also fined $43,750 for constructing a dam without approval, a further $10,000 for using the dam and ordered to pay legal costs., Justice Rachel Pepper said she was "satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Payson knowingly took water while the meter was under-recording by at least a factor of 1.8".
"[He] said something to the effect of 'You won’t work in this industry again, because you won’t get anything but fired and no reference by me, if you push this issue'. According to Mr Wheildon, Barne also said if they fixed the meter it would all of a sudden show they were ordering twice as much water compared to the past couple of years which would "put us at risk of getting busted".
According to Justice Pepper, "these findings significantly elevate the objective seriousness of the commission of the meter offences".Farmer 'embarrassed, ashamed'
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