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Farmers fear next big dry

Peter Bannan

THE Victorian Farmers Federation has rejected claims by federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek that Murray-Darling Basin farmers are “thriving” under a decade of water buybacks. The peak body said the reality was farmers feared the next big dry. VFF Water Council chair Andrew Leahy, who farms dairy cows in Murrabit, said northern Victorian farmers were […]

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