22 September, 2015

Murray-Darling Basin Plan myths


T

he Murray-Darling Basin Plan is really quite simple – it’s a $13billion investment in river health and sustainable water use. Yet it is subject to a constant barrage of criticism from user groups and political attempts to undermine its environmental outcomes.

In fact the Turnbull government is investing $2.5 million a day in improved infrastructure for irrigation communities. It’s hard to think of any industry sector, let alone an agricultural sector, that is receiving this level of tax payer support.

Read the story by Environment Victoria’s Healthy Rivers Campaigner,  Juliet Le Feuvre - “Reality checks and the Basin Plan”.

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