Haste on licences threatens floodplain

Water Minister Melinda Pavey’s announcement that she intends to issue floodplain licences before Christmas recklessly disregards most of the 25 recommendations and 14 findings of this week’s  parliamentary committee report.  The Floodplain Harvesting committee’s report made 25  recommendations to protect the environment and downstream communities who are being robbed of water by unapproved and unauthorised […]