Trading of irrigation water is being proposed as a means to shift water from low value farming to high value farming. The reasoning behind this proposal is fundamentally flawed, as Pat Byrne explains.The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) – encompassing the Federal and State governments – announced in August its intention to examine the possibility of a widened water trading market “to ensure that water is put to higher value and more efficient use”.To this end, COAG issued a communiqu&eac…
