Let’s be Frank: Existing growers need water security amid wave of new plantings, says Frank Dimasi

Sunraysia Daily

A former irrigation trust director says developers of major new horticultural plantings should be the first ones to have their pumps turned off when water becomes scarce.Irymple table grape grower Frank Dimasi fears the value of high-security water rights in Sunraysia will be eroded if too many licences are issued and said new ones should […]

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