The Farmer January-February 2024

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Muddying the Basin Plan Farming and environmental groups do agree on some measures for improving the resilience of the Australian landscape. Government water buybacks is not one of them. Farming groups are adamant that buybacks in the Murray-Darling Basin Plan (MDBP) will do nothing except harm rural communities and hike up food prices.

Words MICHAEL BURT

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