Etheridge shire ready with Gilbert River water plan when IFED suspended

Sally Gall
Updated October 4 2016 - 8:24am, first published September 30 2016 - 6:00am
Water plans: A council-led irrigated agriculture plan for the Gilbert River has emerged in the wake of the suspension of the IFED project. Photo: Etheridge Shire Council.
Water plans: A council-led irrigated agriculture plan for the Gilbert River has emerged in the wake of the suspension of the IFED project. Photo: Etheridge Shire Council.

In the wake of the announcement last week that the Integrated Food and Energy Development project had failed to meet the state government deadline for submitting an Environmental Impact Statement for its $2 billion irrigated agriculture project in Far North Queensland, the Etheridge Shire Council has stepped into the breach with its own plan at Georgetown.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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