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Addisons’ Water Law team members are known for their wealth of experience, making us the lawyers of choice on legal issues affecting the water industry. We advise clients including government agencies, international investors, agribusinesses, and co-operatives.
Our experience and deep industry knowledge ensure we can anticipate the challenges and identify emerging opportunities for our clients. We advise them on Commonwealth and State government water policies, the overarching trends in the water sector, and the political, economic, social and legal environments in which the sector operates.
advised farmer-owned irrigation businesses, on a range of business matters including corporate governance issues, commercial/customer contracts, infrastructure and major projects, property issues, environment and planning issues, regulatory investigations, as well as water policy, law and regulation.
carried out a complete re-write of the constitution, customer contracts and a suite of policy documents addressing water ordering, drainage, pricing, construction and development, water trading and privacy.
advised Murrumbidgee Irrigation, Murray Irrigation and Coleambally Irrigation Co-operative in relation to $565 million of water infrastructure projects under the Australian Government’s $893 million Private Irrigation Infrastructure Operators Program in New South Wales.