Alleged 'waste' of $4bn in Murray-Darling basin buyback scheme

John Ellicott
Updated July 9 2019 - 2:21pm, first published 12:00pm
Irrigation near Griffith - the heart of a burning question over water rights, water buybacks and alleged waste of taxpayers money.
Irrigation near Griffith - the heart of a burning question over water rights, water buybacks and alleged waste of taxpayers money.

An ABC Four Corners report on water rights buybacks in the Murrumbidgee valley has been roundly criticised by farm groups claiming bias and a lack of understanding of the fundamentals of the $4bn Basin water buyback scheme.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

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