Green light for water buybacks

Colin Bettles
Updated September 24 2015 - 11:00am, first published September 9 2015 - 4:45pm
The 1500GL cap on commonwealth water buybacks in the Murray Darling Basin fulfils an election commitment from  the Abbott government.
The 1500GL cap on commonwealth water buybacks in the Murray Darling Basin fulfils an election commitment from the Abbott government.

LEGISLATION to cap commonwealth water buybacks at 1500 gigalitres in the Murray Darling Basin Plan has passed the House of Representatives today.

Colin Bettles

Colin Bettles

National political writer

National political writer for Fairfax Agricultural Media.

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