A local MP is worried the delay in the Murray-Darling Basin Plan will see water buybacks on the table.
It comes as Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek is looking to push back the June 2024 deadline on the plan’s water recovery targets.
But Member for Mallee Anne Webster says the former Coalition legislated in the Plan that no buybacks can happen if there’s a detrimental social or economic outcome.
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She’s called on Labor NOT to use the extra time to pave way for buybacks.
Image: Anne Webster MP’s office
