The Federal Government has signed off on a water buyback worth more than $30 million, much to the relief of struggling farmers.
The Federal Government has signed off on a water buyback worth more than $30 million from struggling farming families along the lower Darling River.The Federal Government will give more than $30 million to a group of citrus growing familiesTheir industry has become unviable because of a lack of water in the Darling RiverThe Lower Darling Horticulture Group near Pooncarie in far west NSW has spent five years lobbying the Federal Government to buy back its members' high-security allocations.
"It does reflect the reality that reliability of supply for high security water licences, which are always supposed to have water, simply doesn't exist anymore," Mr Whyte said.
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