The man with the basin plan
- From: Vol 10, Issue 1 (January 2009)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country: Australia
Science will prevail over politics now that control of the Murray-Darling Basin has finally been transferred to the Australian government.
The Australian federal government finally wrested control of the Murray-Darling Basin away from the states at the end of December 2008, putting an end to years of political wrangling over the basin’s future.
In the words of Rob Freeman, chief executive of the new MDB Authority, the move is “an opportunity to set a new limit on the water ...
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