Irrigators have nothing to fear from a big Murrumbidgee land sale

Andrew Miller
Updated January 30 2019 - 12:08pm, first published January 25 2019 - 11:33am
NEW OWNERS: The property, which contains the Great Cumbung swamp will be managed in conjunction with the 87,000-hectare Gayini Nimmie-Caira landholding.
NEW OWNERS: The property, which contains the Great Cumbung swamp will be managed in conjunction with the 87,000-hectare Gayini Nimmie-Caira landholding.

Farmers needed to sell their environmental credentials better, to stop conservation values being pitted against production, according to former National Irrigators Council head Tom Chesson.

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Journalist

I'm a general reporter with Stock & Land, with a special interest in irrigation issues. I completed my cadetship, with the Age, in 1980. Over my career, I've worked for ABC radio news (Mt Isa, Qld) and at provincial and suburban newspapers.

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