Water inquiry hears grower fears of planting boom: Developing threat

UNCONTROLLED development poses a huge threat to existing Sunraysia farmers and the sustainability of the Murray-Darling Basin, a public inquiry into water management was told in Mildura yesterday.The South Australian Royal Commission into the Murray-Darling Basin was urged to consider ­whether planning oversight for major new plantings should be beefed up, amid concerns skyrocketing temporary water prices […]