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"The federal government has struck a new deal with most of the states in the
nation’s largest river system. The agreement, announced last week, extends the
$13 billion 2012 Murray-Darling Basin Plan to rebalance water allocated to the
environment, irrigators and other uses.
Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek said the government has:
negotiated a way to ensure there is secure and reliable water for
communities, agriculture, industry, First Nations and the environment.
But there is no mention of water for First Nations in the agreement. This
follows a history of Indigenous peoples being shortchanged by Murray-Darling
Basin planning. Yet again, this latest deal ignores First Nations’ interests,
despite millennia of custodianship."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
