Harvest weary Dirranbandi farmers say the MDBA announcement has hit hard

By Penelope Arthur
Updated November 24 2016 - 3:53pm, first published 11:56am
Long fight: In April last year Smart Rivers president Frank Deshon (right) urged the Parliamentary Secretary for  the Environment Bob Baldwin to address socio-economic impacts in the Northern Basin.
Long fight: In April last year Smart Rivers president Frank Deshon (right) urged the Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Bob Baldwin to address socio-economic impacts in the Northern Basin.

Harvest weary farmers in the Dirranbandi district say the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has delivered a killer blow to their community this week by announcing plans to remove another 35 gigalitres (GL) of water from the Northern Basin.

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