‘We’re not bluffing’: Basin plan is ‘dead’ if Senate rejects amendments, say Niall Blair and Lisa Neville

Alex Druce
Updated February 13 2018 - 4:55pm, first published 10:20am
Both NSW and Victoria had threatened to review their commitment to the Council - which comprises of Basin state and federal government representatives - as federal Labor and the Greens prepare to block an amendment to reduce water recovery targets in the northern basin by 70GL.
Both NSW and Victoria had threatened to review their commitment to the Council - which comprises of Basin state and federal government representatives - as federal Labor and the Greens prepare to block an amendment to reduce water recovery targets in the northern basin by 70GL.

UPDATED 2pm: NSW and Victoria have threatened to withdraw from the Murray Darling Basin Plan – should Federal Labor back a disallowance motion in the Senate this week – and establish their own tripartite agreement with the Federal government to deliver 605GL worth of offset projects.

Alex Druce

Alex Druce

Senior Journalist

Politics and rural issues journo in Sydney. Give me a yell at adruce@fairfaxmedia.com.au

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