The NSW Deputy Premier tells the Federal Government drought conditions have put unfair pressure on the state and that South Australia has been benefitting from the Murray Darling Basin Plan to the detriment of NSW.
The NSW Government is issuing an ultimatum to the Federal Government over the Murray Darling Basin Plan and has threatened to walk away if demands aren't met.John Barilaro said South Australia was benefitting from the plan to the detriment of NSW
The NSW Government has demanded all water resource plans be put on hold until after the drought was brokenThe Berejiklian Government said the 2012 plan needed to have more flexibility in times of drought. At the top of a list of demands, the State Government has asked to be made exempt from contributing to the extra 450 gigalitres of water that must be put back into the river system by 2024."We have a commitment of 450 gigalitres of water to go back into the system which we can't achieve, we want that taken off the table and out of the plan."
There has long been tension between NSW and South Australia over the amount of water in the system flowing into to the southern state."When we were forced to release the water from Menindee lakes we saw of course many native fish die," Mr Barilaro said.The State Government also wants the barrages on the lower lakes lifted to allow seawater back into South Australia's Lake Alexandrina.
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