THE ORD IRRIGATION JOURNEY
SNAPSHOT OF THE 1959 Ord River Irrigation Area approved by the Commonwealth Government ORD JOURNEY WATER 1960 Establishment of the town of Kununurra and commencement of Ord AVAILABILITY River Diversion Dam 1962- 1966 Allocations of 30 commercial farm lots (mainly cotton) 1969-1972 Ord Stage 1: Construction of main Ord Dam and creation of Lake Argyle ( 5,600Gl, could irrigate 14,000ha) 1996 Spillway raised to increase capacity to 10,760Gl OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SNAPSHOT OF THE 2005 Ord Final Agreement signed with traditional owners ORD JOURNEY WATER 2008 Decision to proceed with Ord Expansion AVAILABILITY 2009 Official signing between State and Federal Government 2010 Construction commences on Goomig Channel (M2) 2012 Preferred Proponent to lease Goomig (7,400ha) and Knox (6,000ha) Clearing started on Goomig OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
July 2013 Commenced land ORD PROGRESS development on Sec 91 Licence May 2015- 1 st crops (700ha) WATER May 2016- 2 nd crops (1,700ha) AVAILABILITY 90% Chia, 1 st Australian Chia export to China STATS: • 55 local staff • Average of 25% Aboriginal employment • New CASE IH dealership • 70 local business supply goods & services OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ORD IRRIGATION SCHEME WATER AVAILABILITY Past Government investment in Chinese dam/reservoir = Investment Lake Argyle (10,670GL) KAI OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
“Shanghai Zhongfu (KAI) PRIVATE SECTOR Private Sector Partnership • The State’s investment in common use PARTNERSHIP WATER infrastructure has created the opportunity for the private sector (Kimberley Agricultural Investment) – AVAILABILITY KAI • KAI intent to invest more than $700M to develop up to 13,400 ha of new farmland and processing plants • Establish processing facilities and other downstream industries ($425M sugar mill, power generation, ethanol and fibre board production) • Good example of Government investment attracting private sector investment” OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
KAI TENURE Licence used because agreed CP’s in 2013 signed Development Agreement not met = enable access and progress ($5m bank guarantee in place) WATER AVAILABILITY 4 year Goomig Development Lease in place now that final CP has been met (Sept 2016)- Ministry of Foreign Exchange approval for Parent Guarantee at $61m for 9 years. KAI intends to succeed the State as proponent with EPA. 50 year Agriculture Lease to be issued once Goomig in full crop (+25 year option) OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Carlton Hill, Mantinea KAI NOW HAS Development to commence 2019 WATER AVAILABILITY 6,670haGoomig - 50 year lease 5,500ha Knox Plain, lease, freehold option 4,000haMantinea- lease, freehold option 8,000haCarlton Hill land- freehold 24,170ha of new farms to build (~1,200ha Ord Stage 1- freehold) Additionally…. 6,000haInterest in Cockatoo Sands, Carlton Hill 20,000haInterest in Bonaparte, Carlton Hill 4,800ha interest in NT land OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Cotton interest from 2019 onwards
PREPARING VISION Carlton Hill, Mantinea CAPABILITY STATEMENT Development to commence 2018 WATER FOR : AVAILABILITY Major Project Status – requested potential development of Carlton Hill property at $2b+ To be formally part of China’s One Belt One Road Strategy- makes things like exports easier. Potential linkage to Project Sea Dragon- infrastructure plant and machinery crops for prawn feed. Potential investment in Chia grading/processing OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ORD IRRIGATION COOPERATIVE (OIC) – STAGE ONE OIC 1.00 Established in Water delivery as proportion of entitlement 0.90 1996 0.80 0.70 Manages 0.60 16000 Ha In 0.50 Stage 1 0.40 325 Gl licence 0.30 111 properties 0.20 0.10 3000 assets, 0.00 125km of 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 channels, Bundaberg Burdekin Mareeba Nogoa Ord Stage 1 - 2018 169 km drains Ord Irrigation Area – Stage 1 Comparison of water deliveries for Water schemes
10000 ORD VALLEY PRODUCE 9000 8000 7000 Area cultivated (ha) 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 2006 2016 Comparison of food crop types for 2006 and 2016 for Stage 1 Irrigation area
Ord Land Under Cropping 70,000 LAND UNDER CROPPING 60,000 WATER 50,000 40,000 AVAILABILITY 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Ord Stage 1 Gooimg Carlton Hill Mantinea West Bank East Bank Packsaddle Knox Plain NT stage 3b (Weaber) NT stage 3a (Knox South) Cockatoo Sands - Vic Hwy Cockatoo Sands - Carlton NT stage 3c (Keep)
KIMBERLEY : WE DON’T WANT TO BE KANSAS, BUT ……. WATER AVAILABILITY KANSAS w Would there be any chance we could have just 2 more pivots at Mowanjum? How conservative do we want to be?
KIMBERELY : WE DON’T WANT TO BE KANSAS, BUT ……. KANSAS
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