Hundreds of gigalitres that were promised to the Murray-Darling system by 2024 will be impossible to deliver, investigators have found — but the new federal government is doubling down on the promise.
A 2018 agreement between the Commonwealth and basin state ministers set strict criteria about how the 450 GL could be recovered, to ensure no negative social or economic impact on basin communities.
“Labor will deliver on the final 450 gigalitres of water for the environment that Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce failed to deliver,” Mr Albanese announced in April, in Adelaide."next to impossible" to deliver the 450 GLIn Question Time last week, she also taunted the Opposition for delivering just 2 GL while in office.
"They were deliberately hoping to leave it unspent… the report shows that under the current policy settings, there’s virtually no way that the money can be spent in the remaining time frame," she said.Last year some Nationals senators and MPs unsuccessfully attempted to change the law, to scrap the 450 GL commitment, which was made in return for South Australia’s support for the 2012 Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Reality of US recession will assert itself ‘awfully fast’ in the end: Douglas Murray
Read more »
Chalmers casts doubt on Paris 2024 after triumphThe response from Kyle Chalmers was telling when asked about his future in the pool. CommGames
Read more »
Eagle eyes are on Taiwan, but is China distracting us from a ‘second Pearl Harbour’?It’s merely a scenario, but is it plausible that the world is nervously anticipating the wrong war? One former major general in the Australian Army believes so.
Read more »
Canva downgrade sparks valuation rethink for local techThe tumbling value of Australia’s technology darling Canva has prompted VC funds to re-appraise their portfolios.
Read more »
Detective found dead inside Sydney police stationA 46-year-old on duty detective has been found dead inside a police station in Sydney's western suburbs.
Read more »
Sydney motorists being slugged $2 billion a year in tolls, report findsSydney motorists are undertaking more than one million toll trips a day, which is adding up to more than $2 billion a year in toll revenue for the government. 9News
Read more »