ENVIRONMENT: PM at odds with Murray River report*

Prime Minister, John Howard, has indicated his intention to push ahead with plans to commit 500 gigalitres of water to the Murray River for environmental flows, despite the strong recommendation of the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee for the Government to spend at least 10 per cent of the $500 million committed to the project on collecting proper scientific data on the river’s health before any more water is committed to environmental flows.The cross party Agriculture Committee wa…

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