Plibersek seeks report on water recovery deadline

Peter Bannan Jul 11 2023

Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has asked the MDBA for a report on whether the June 2024 water-recovery deadline is still feasible. Picture: Ben Gross

THE $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan is “off track” and needs a “course correction”, according to federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek.

Ms Plibersek has written to Murray-Darling Basin Authority chair Sir Angus Houston seeking advice on how likely it would be that the basin plan's 2075-gigalitre water recovery targets would be achieved by the legislated June 2024 deadline.

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