Australia: $900m to boost Murray Darling basin

Australian: The Rudd Government will spend more than $900 million to upgrade water infrastructure in the Murray Darling over the next two years ahead of its 10-year plan to buy back water allocations from irrigators. The accelerated investment in imporoving water efficieny is part of its $12.9 billion Water for the Future package announced last month by climate and water minister Penny Wong. The government's initial $50 million folray into buying up allocations in the water market in ... Read »

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