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Pastoralists, traditional owners, environmental groups, call for moratorium on NT water licences

The Northern Territory government's management of water could "run rivers dry" and risk the livelihoods of future generations, a traditional owner has said during a major water conference in Darwin this week. 

Members of remote Aboriginal communities joined conservationists, environmental groups and pastoralists collectively travelled thousands of kilometres from isolated parts of Australia to attend the Water in the Bush conference, where they voiced concerns about the NT government’s water management practices.

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