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Buyback tenders a disgrace

FEDERAL Water Minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to issue tenders to buy out irrigation water entitlements from southern basin communities is nothing short of a disgrace.

Despite a promise not to prioritise irrigation areas, the Albanese Labor government has launched the Voluntary Water Purchase Program this month – that is, water buybacks – after zero socioeconomic testing in affected com...

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