Farm leaders are up in arms at the latest proposals for separating farmers’ water rights from property titles, reports Pat Byrne.Anthony Gray is a dairy farmer on the Campaspe Irrigation District at Rochester, northern Victoria. He and other farmers depend on 20,000 megalitres of water rights, which is based on the water rights attached to their farms. (One megalitre is about one Olympic-sized swimming pool.) These farmers’ properties contribute over $50 million to the local economy annually.But…
