Menindee Lakes plan: Buybacks a back-up for Labor

FEDERAL Opposition environment spokesman Tony Burke says a Labor government would buy back water from irrigators if a proposal to overhaul the Menindee Lakes doesn’t “stack up”. Mr Burke was recalled from ­­ ­holidays and sent to Menindee yesterday to take stock of the Darling River fish kill that claimed the lives of hundreds of […]

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    Dry slows Mallee land values

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