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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Calls for more water buybacks to sustain Murray Darling Basin as government continues to fall short of target

Aerial of the flood plains surrounding the Mara Billabong-Darling River near Wilcannia NSW
Labor says it is committed to delivering the Murray-Darling Basin plan despite the challenges. Photograph: Lincoln Fowler/Alamy

Hopes that environment-saving water will be delivered through the Murray-Darling Basin plan are evaporating rapidly.

Just two gigalitres of a promised 450GL have been delivered so far. The federal government is set to table the much-delayed Water for the Environment Special Account (WESA) report when parliament sits in just over a week.

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