Farmers have called for a rethink of how water is allocated to protect environmentally significant areas in the Murray-Darling Basin. In its submission to the federal parliamentary inquiry into the impact of the Murray-Darling Basin on regional Australia, the National Farmers Federation argues such areas could be maintained using less water through improvements to infrastructure and wetland management…
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Outlet: The Australian
January 10, 2011