Why MDB water buy backs will devastate northern communities

Updated February 7 2017 - 12:11pm, first published 10:07am
HARD HIT: The Murray Darling Basin Authority proposes to recover 320 gigalitres of water from the northern basin, devastating agricultural businesses and creating significant job losses. Photo - MDBA
HARD HIT: The Murray Darling Basin Authority proposes to recover 320 gigalitres of water from the northern basin, devastating agricultural businesses and creating significant job losses. Photo - MDBA

QUEENSLAND communities will be crippled by the water buybacks proposed in the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s (MDBA) Northern Basin Review unless a suite of complementary measures that will deliver better environmental outcomes while avoiding unacceptable job losses are implemented.

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