Irrigation Modernisation — Smart Water for Australian Agriculture

Pipe the open channels, sensor the soils, satellite the crops. Modernise every major irrigation system in Australia. More food with less water.

This page is part of Growing Australia. A fully-costed $174.3B sovereign industry and cost-of-living plan: 76 investments across 26 Growth Precincts.

Five sovereign industry pillars

Powering Australia — sovereign fuel & energy ($41.1B)
Making It Here — sovereign manufacturing ($45.2B)
Cyber Australia — sovereign compute & connectivity ($30.4B)
Feeding Australia — water, food, medicines ($37.1B)
Our Neighbourhood — Pacific partnerships ($20.5B)

26 Growth Precincts

Hunter Valley Growth Precinct — pilot program
Pilbara Growth Precinct — battery materials, direct reduced iron, hydrogen
Gladstone Growth Precinct — green aluminium, domestic urea
Townsville Growth Precinct — rare earth magnets, Pacific gateway
Whyalla Growth Precinct — green steel, titanium
Kwinana Growth Precinct — chemicals, sovereign cells, chip packaging
Tennant Creek Growth Precinct — solar hydrogen & ammonia
Port Augusta Growth Precinct — synthetic aviation fuel
Collie Growth Precinct — battery manufacturing, grid storage
Henderson Growth Precinct — sovereign merchant fleet, AUKUS sustainment
Darwin Growth Precinct — strategic fuel reserve, Indo-Pacific cooperation
Canberra Growth Precinct — sovereign data centre estate
Geelong Growth Precinct — hyperscale data, sovereign drones
Cairns Growth Precinct — Pacific cable landing, repair vessel
Perth Growth Precinct — submarine cable hub, Indian Ocean gateway
Murray Bridge Growth Precinct — cold chain, food processing
Emerald Growth Precinct — irrigation, processing, beef
Kununurra Growth Precinct — Kimberley agricultural expansion
Bell Bay Growth Precinct — green aluminium, ferroalloys
Mount Isa Growth Precinct — copper, zinc, lead, phosphate
Latrobe Valley Growth Precinct — grid firming, transmission, ammonia
Port Kembla Growth Precinct — green steel, offshore wind components
Geraldton Growth Precinct — rare earths, green ammonia, Mid West industry
Portland Growth Precinct — sovereign aluminium, Southern Ocean wind
Riverina / Sunraysia Growth Network — cold chain, food processing
Toongabbie Growth Precinct — pharmaceutical sovereignty

The plan, the methodology, and how it's funded

Costing model — 76 investments, $174.3B over 10 years
Methodology
Strategic Reserves Architecture
Citations & sources
Funding — Green Bonds, super, production revenue
Policy fit — FMIA, NRF, AUKUS, Critical Minerals
Seven supply chains — how the precincts connect
The Engine Room — how Growth Precincts work
Data Is the New Oil — sovereign compute
Australia's Cable Strategy
Northern Fuel Pipeline
Irrigation Modernisation
Implementation Roadmap
What it costs (and what doing nothing costs)
Cost of living & housing
Hunter pilot — start here

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