Proposed cuts to water recovery under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan were blocked by the Senate. We lobbied the federal opposition to block the cuts – given the scandals surrounding the Basin Plan, it was no time to lock in reduced water recovery.
While the cuts were eventually brought back to Parliament in a slightly different form and approved by the Senate, the outcome was better for river health than if the cuts had approved in the first place.
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