Environmental campaigner academics offer stark choice

A group of academics campaigning for the Murray Darling Basin plan to be tossed out and restarted, offer our Federal MPs a stark choice, says National Irrigators Council (NIC) CEO Steve Whan. Steve Whan said “this week we have seen a narrow and ill-considered...

Greens and Labor smash basin plan commitment

The National Irrigators Council (NIC) says a decision by Labor to back a disallowance motion rushed on by the Greens tomorrow in the Senate will be a major blow to rural communities in Northern NSW and Southern Qld – as well as to the basin plan overall. NIC CEO Steve...