Govt scraps program after promise not to buy water from farmers

Jamieson Murphy
March 9 2021 - 8:30am
REFOCUS: Water Minister Keith Pitt said the program didn't deliver the expected results, so the government was pivoting its focus to off-farm efficiencies.
REFOCUS: Water Minister Keith Pitt said the program didn't deliver the expected results, so the government was pivoting its focus to off-farm efficiencies.

The government has followed through on its promise to stop buying water from farmers to meet the Murray Darling Basin Plan recovery targets, scrapping the Water Efficient Program (WEP).

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Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

News director

Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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