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The Murray Darling Basin Authority has hit back at damning criticism in the report of South Australia’s Royal Commission, calling its key findings “reckless” and warning they would “set back progress towards a healthy and sustainable basin”.
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Scientists have found a lack of water in the Darling River system – due to the drought and excess use by irrigators – led to the death of millions of fish.
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The Marshall Government’s claims that embattled Environment Minister David Speirs was denied “procedural fairness” are undermined by letters he sent both the Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission and a separate Productivity Commission inquiry, opposing any new strategy for recovering 450 gigalitres of environmental flows under the basin plan.
Labor has today ramped up its pursuit of embattled Environment Minister David Speirs, bombarding his southern suburbs electorate with propaganda criticising his performance on water security as state parliament opened amid a cacophony of controversy that saw five Opposition frontbenchers evicted in the first hour.
Compromise might by the soul of politics, but the needs of our threatened environment – from Kangaroo Island to the River Murray – must come first, writes Conservation Council chief executive Craig Wilkins.
Premier Steven Marshall says his Environment Minister had the full support of Cabinet when he agreed to new rules for irrigators last year – a move described by the Murray Darling Basin Royal Commission as so contrary to South Australia’s interests that it was likely to be a breach of the ministerial code of conduct.
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