A petition has been launched aimed at protecting farmers’ water rights and at stopping water barons from exploiting water trading.The petition, launched by the Water Rights Committee in rural Victoria, is aimed at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), and all the Federal and State Murray Darling Basin decision making bodies.The petition is in response to The Living Murray proposals to remove up to 15% of farmers’ water allocations for environmental flows over the next 10 years.A CSIRO re…
