Memo to the environment minister: a river does need all its water

Protecting our rivers is a major 
responsibility for our new
 Environment Minister, Susan Ley.

Given her new role as federal environment minister, one of Sussan Ley’s comments in an interview with Nine Newspapers was eyebrow-raising, to put it mildly. She said:

"Sometimes the environment doesn’t need all its water but farmers desperately do need water."

This is inaccurate and concerning, but not all that surprising, given the attitude to water and rivers of some in the community and federal government.

Read the story from The Conversation - “Memo to the environment minister: a river does need all its water.”