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Murray-Darling Basin Plan to be extended under a new agreement, without Victoria – but an uphill battle lies ahead

Written by Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University

Murray-Darling Basin Plan to be extended under a new agreement, without Victoria – but an uphill battle lies ahead

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Federal Minister for Water Tanya Plibersek today announced a new agreement to restore Australia’s largest and most important river basin. It comes just months before the original Murray-Darling Basin Plan was to be completed.

This was a plan to benefit people and nature, to protect river communities, industries and the...

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