MDBA Registering as a Group Member

While registering is not required to be a Group Member, by registering, you may help the Plaintiffs negotiate a better settlement for Group Members because the more information they have about Group Members’ claims the better a position they will be at the mediation of the MDBA Class Action which is currently scheduled on 19 July 2024.

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1. Claimant Name/s(Required)

First Last

2. WAL Number/s (NSW) or Water Share ID/s (Victoria)(Required)

3. Volume of Entitlements you owned (in MLs) in:

a. 2017/2018;

b. 2018/2019;

c. 2019/2020.

Water Licence

4. Who used the water that is issued pursuant to your Water Licence in the 2017/18 to 2019/20 water years?(Required)

If the Water Licence was in relation to a farming operation:

5. [NSW QUESTION ONLY] If you received an additional 1% or 3% of your Water Licence in both 2017/2018 and 2018/2019, would you have sold it or used it to yield?

6. [VIC QUESTION ONLY] If you received an additional 4% or 10% of your Water Licence in 2019/2020, would you have sold it or used it to yield?

7. If you would have sold the additional water you would have received, when would you have sold it (month and year) and in what trading zone?(Required)

8. If you would have used the additional water you would have received to yield further commodities, for the particular water year:

a. What crop/s or commodity/ies would you have grown or produced?;(Required)

b. How much water (in MLs) do you need for that crop/s or commodity/ies to plant/use a HA?;(Required)

c. What price is the commodity sold for per Tons/L?(Required)

d. What would be the estimated yield of production (in Tons/L) per HA?(Required)

e. What are the expenses for the commodity per HA?(Required)

9. Please let us know any other information you would like us to consider on how the low (or no) water allocation in the relevant water years impacted your business. For example, your ability to retain existing supply contracts (and details of those contracts).(Required)

Temporary Water Damages

10. What is the volume of water (in ML) you purchased on the temporary water market in:

a. 2017/2018;

b. 2018/2019;

c. 2019/2020.

11. In answering the above question, please set out the month and year of each water purchase, and the particular trading zone.(Required)

12. What was the price you paid (per ML) for the above water purchases?(Required)

13. Did you sell any temporary water in 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020?(Required)

14. If the answer to question 13 above is yes:

a. When did you sell the temporary water (month and year)?

b. What was the price of the sale of the temporary water for each transaction (per ML)?

c. In what trading zone did the sale occur?