MURRAY DARLING: Backdown on water confiscation plan*

Regional communities should be congratulated for persuading the Murray Darling Basin Ministerial Council to change their focus from taking water off farmers, to creating six pristine, icon sites on the Murray River. This is a first step towards a practical water policy for the Murray Darling Basin. Pat Byrne reports.Protests by farmers and regional communities over the past nine months sent a clear message to Canberra that regional areas would not accept The Living Murray proposal to take up to …

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