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WATER: Farmers’ water rights at risk in the Murray-Darling Basin

Patrick J. ByrneFeb 22, 20037 min read

Disastrous drought has most farmers in survival mode, totally focused on surviving until the next rains. But if farmers don’t soon become organised and active, they will be under longer-term threat from the erosion of water rights under plans being drafted by the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council.Pat Byrne reports.The Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council says it is examining three possible targets, or “reference points”,…

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