Please see attached request for information and email it to MIL at your earliest convenience to ensure your details match those in MIL’s records – failure to do this can result in resolutions being invalidated.
Thank you for signing the MIL Concerned Shareholders Group online petition. We are writing to update you on the outcome.
In response to the petition which included support from more than 400 landholdings, MIL invited a small group of shareholders to a meeting that was held in Deniliquin on 26 August 2026. The group consisted of approximately 12 engaged younger irrigators, most of whom have not previously been at conflict with the MIL Board.
We attach a copy of the presentation given by the group during the meeting. The MIL Board provided their response on 31 August 2026, which was a brief letter stating that they are going to continue with their current strategy.
Whilst MIL’s response is disappointing, what is also of concern is that following multiple divisive and public conflicts involving the Board over the past decade, the Board had a chance to work with constructive shareholders who could arguably be described as the next generation and try and find some sort of compromise. Rather they chose to simply dismiss this group’s concerns.
We are currently assessing our next steps, which may involve a request to the Board for further investigation in the form of a resolution at the upcoming AGM. A resolution proposed by shareholders must be submitted to the Board prior to 18 September (only 16 days away) to be included in the AGM. In preparation, we ask that you fill in the attached request for information and email it to MIL at your earliest convenience to ensure your details match those in MIL’s records – failure to do this can result in resolutions being invalidated. MIL may take a week to respond so please do not delay. We will be seeking your feedback on our proposed next steps over the coming weeks and are considering some sort of face-to-face meetings on 14 September.
Thank you again for your support on this matter.
Sincerely, Antony Vagg, Lachie Knight, John Doyle, Hannah Kelly & Cam Robertson MIL Concerned Shareholders Committee
Thank you for signing the MIL Concerned Shareholders Group online petition. Your support matters, and it gives this campaign the strength it needs at a critical time. We are writing to update you on the campaign, explain why the issue is so important, and ask for your help to build wider support across the irrigation community.
The MIL Concerned Shareholders committee includes Antony Vagg – Bunnaloo; Lachie Knight – Womboota; John Doyle – Berrigan; Hannah Kelly – Tocumwal; and Cameron Robertson – Finley.
MIL’s new fee model is not a minor adjustment. It is a major structural change to a critical asset of the community that could become irreversible once the moratorium on the termination and transfer of DEs finishes on 30 June 2027. It deserves further thought and discussion.
Please see the attachment.
We are asking every supporter to get one or two neighbours to sign the petition.
Please send the petition link to one or two neighbours by text or email, then follow up with a quick call or message a few days later. A personal request from someone they know is far more powerful than a general notice. To make that easier, we have included a suggested message below. You are welcome to forward it directly, adapt it in your own words, or encourage people to contact a committee member if they would like more information.
What we are asking MIL to do:
We are requesting MIL and the Board to work with this committee to:
explain and understand the assumptions made and the risks considered when developing the new fee structure; explain and understand how the new fee structure will affect future generations of irrigators; discuss alternative options that could meet the needs of the company whilst still allowing water resource distributions to be made to shareholders; discuss options such as an opt-in or opt-out approach to the new fee structure; and hold genuine consultation with all shareholders before terminating the moratorium on the termination and transfer of DEs.
We are not requesting an EGM, board spill or any unnecessary interruption to the business. We are not angling for Board positions. We are not associated with any other external groups. We are simply concerned irrigators that have invested in irrigation and would like to continue to do so in the future.
Please sign and share the petition. www.milcsg.com.au If you haven't already, please provide us with your landholding number(s), to add to our database.
Sincerely,
Antony Vagg, Lachie Knight, John Doyle, Hannah Kelly & Cam Robertson MIL Concerned Shareholders Committee admin@milcsg.com.au
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