Water Minister Tony Burke has signalled his intention to ignore a key recommendation of a bipartisan parliamentary inquiry on Murray-Darling Basin reform, Coalition Murray-Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. It follows the Murray-Darling Basin Authority today further delaying until at least mid-October the release of its proposed Basin Plan. The parliamentary…
LEON BYNER: Now, ever since John Howard tried to take over the Murray-Darling Basin before Kevin07, there’s been a succession of debates, plans, policies, the appointment of a Murray-Darling Basin Authority, that itself lost its CEO over a matter of legal opinion the Water Act required economic impact to be held in the…
ELEANOR HALL: The head of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority today put the release of the draft Plan for the future of the Basin on hold again. The report was due to be released this week and was set to go to Parliament at the beginning of next year, but the Authority issued a statement today…