Report criticises Aussie water buyback scheme
- From: Vol 11, Issue 4 (April 2010)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country: Australia
- Related Companies: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
The Australian government’s approach to saving the Murray-Darling Basin has been questioned in a new independent report. Max Borchardt asks whether the whole thing was simply a piece of early electioneering.
In a report published in March, independent Australian think-tank the Productivity Commission has questioned the effectiveness of the federal government’s buyback of water entitlements in the Murray-Darling Basin.
The document, entitled ‘Market Mechanisms for Recovering Water in the Murray-Darling Basin’, recommends that the government wait for the Murray- Darling Basin Plan to be finalised before proceeding further with its ...
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