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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox

Murray-Darling Basin plan: what Labor’s new ‘breakthrough’ laws mean for the environment and communities

Margooya Lagoon, on Murray River Country in north-west Victoria
Margooya Lagoon on the Murray river in north-west Victoria. New legislation around the river system has been hailed by supporters as delivering critical safeguards. Photograph: Tim Herbert/Environmental Justice Australia

After years of gridlock there was a breakthrough this week for the Murray-Darling Basin plan.

The parliament passed legislation that extends the timeframe for delivering the plan by three years and removes a cap on water buy-backs that was introduced by the previous Coalition government.

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