MURRAY-DARLING BASIN: Next Basin plan faces further community rebuff*

Failure by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) to consult local stakeholders on water-planning is likely to see the second Murray-Darling Basin draft plan rejected by Basin communities.
When the MDBA released its first draft Basin plan last year, angry communities across the Basin publicly burned it, as reported in News Weekly (October 30, 2010).

Front cover of News Weekly, October 30, 2010. 
The plan recommended removing about one-third of the irrigation water cu…

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