Darling River farmers plan blockade action on $467m project

John Ellicott
Updated February 8 2018 - 7:09am, first published February 7 2018 - 10:30am
Petition opposing the Broken Hill water pipeline is taken to NSW Parliament. From left Uncle Badger Bates, Barkindji elder, Chris Minns, Labor spokesman for Water, Greens MLC Jeremy Buckingham, Broken Hill Mayor Darriea Turley, Steve Kamper MP, Lower Darling pastoralist Katharine McBride and Kylie Lawrence, Watershed Alliance.
Petition opposing the Broken Hill water pipeline is taken to NSW Parliament. From left Uncle Badger Bates, Barkindji elder, Chris Minns, Labor spokesman for Water, Greens MLC Jeremy Buckingham, Broken Hill Mayor Darriea Turley, Steve Kamper MP, Lower Darling pastoralist Katharine McBride and Kylie Lawrence, Watershed Alliance.

A delegation of lower Darling River  pastoralists, an aboriginal elder and officials say they were “snubbed” by the Berejiklian government when trying to present a petition calling for a moratorium on the building of the Broken Hill water pipeline.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

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