Issue 2010 May 01
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WATER: Government’s misspent billions will destroy our farms
The rorted home insulation and school-building schemes arguably kept people in jobs when the nation faced a possible economic downturn. In contrast, the Federal Government’s $3.1 billion Murray-Darling Basin water buy-back scheme is shutting down farmers and whole irrigation regions.In addition, the $5.8 billion water infrastructure upgrade plan is not going to produce major water savings in the Basin, and risks wasting taxpayers…

