The federal government has been sneaky and wasteful after it began to quietly rush through 100 gigalitres of new water buybacks in the lead up to the upcoming federal election.
The Federal Government is so desperate to get these new buybacks through, they are paying well above market value and wasting millions of taxpayer dollars in the process.
The have attempted to avoid public scrutiny of the new buybacks.
The Department of Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Water quietly posted a notice online on February 24 saying it was seeking entitlements in the Southern Connected Basin.
What’s with the secrecy?
Is the Albanese Government scared of people knowing what they are up to?
The buybacks are part of the Federal Government’s controversial Restoring Our Rivers program buy they aren’t restoring our rivers, they are destroying rural communities.
These so-called environmental buybacks take productive water out of the Murray-Darling Basin system.
That means there is less water available for irrigation and our economy suffers as a result.
Every gigalitre that’s taken from the system leads to increase suffering in rural communities.
I call on the NSW Government to actively oppose the federal buybacks.
Premier Chris Minns must take a stronger stand against the federal government.
He can’t stand by and watch as NSW rural communities are trashed by federal water policies.
Independent Member for Murray
Helen Dalton
