The Murray-Darling Basin Plan has caused enormous economic and social upheaval across southern Australia, but scrapping it risks a worse outcome for farmers.
Supplied: CSIRO/BOMSouth Australia's share of Murray River water is fixed at 1,850 billion litres a year under the agreement — not the basin plan.
For the past few years, drought has meant tributary inflows to the Murray River have been miniscule, meaning the lion's share of water for South Australia has come from Hume and Dartmouth dams. Inflows to the Murray River overall have been decreasing — in the two decades to 1999, 12 years experienced above-average inflows; in the following two decades to 2019, only four years experienced above-average inflows.
Last week, NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro declared yet again that his state was interested in walking away from the basin plan.
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