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Lucrative Mataranka water extraction licence, which opened floodgates of scandal, quietly renewed in full

A lucrative water extraction licence that ignited a political scandal when it was granted a decade ago has been quietly renewed under the government that condemned it last time.

The licence for 5,800 megalitres a year sparked controversy when it was awarded under the Country Liberal Party government to former station owner Tina MacFarlane in 2013, the same year she ran for federal parliament with the party.

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