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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Jamieson Murphy

Murray-Darling Basin Plan to be extended

Water Minister Tanya Plibersek laid the blame for the plan's failure at the feet of the former government. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan will be extended to give water saving projects more time to come to fruition, the federal Water Minister has announced.

The plan is predicted to fall hundreds of gigalitres short when it hits its mid-2024 deadline.

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