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Sue Jackson, Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University

Mining vs rivers: a single line on a map could determine the future of water in the Northern Territory

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A water war is brewing in the Northern Territory – and the battle centres around a line on a map.

Where the line is drawn determines how much groundwater is available for irrigation, mining and gas extraction. The line currently runs through the middle of the resource-rich Beetaloo Basin.

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