NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro and Water Minister Melinda Pavey have issued their demands for the Murray-Darling Basin Water Plan but remain committed to walking away if those demands are not met.
Mr Barilaro said after "months and months" of telling the federal government that NSW was "fed up" with the way it was being treated over the water sharing plan, there had been a small breakthrough.
The federal government must also agree that NSW water resource plans not be progressed until the drought has broken, Mr Barilaro said.Louise Kennerley "As you well know, the ongoing drought conditions in many parts of the basin and the management of Murray-Darling Basin water resources remain of high community concern,” Mr Littleproud wrote."Since 2012, there have been a range of issues raised that go well beyond the implementation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and into the management of water resources by both states individually and through the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement.
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