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Australia: Australian government buys water for Murray Basin

Radio Australia: The Australian government has secured an extra 35 billion litres of water to be returned as environmental flows to the nation's biggest water system, the Murray Darling Basin. Under the water buy back, Canberra has spent $US47 million purchasing licenses from irrigators in seven of the basin's 18 catchments. Due to the low water storage levels and the current drought, it may be some time before the flows go back into the system. But the climate change minister, Penny ... Read »
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