Northern communities devastated by Murray-Darling vote

Updated February 16 2018 - 11:00am, first published 10:03am
SENATE SABOTAGE: Queensland Farmers’ Federation president Stuart Armitage says it is frustrating and disappointing that politics have been put ahead of communities in the Northern Basin and the environment.
SENATE SABOTAGE: Queensland Farmers’ Federation president Stuart Armitage says it is frustrating and disappointing that politics have been put ahead of communities in the Northern Basin and the environment.

QUEENSLAND farmers are reeling this morning after the Senate’s decision to vote in support a Greens disallowance motion that will see a further 70 gigalitres of water recovered from the Murray-Darling’s Northern Basin.

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