News Mallee MP Anne Webster accused federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek of being tone deaf and not understanding irrigation communities such as the Mallee. HISTORICAL water buybacks created a 'patchwork quilt' of dead land adjacent to prosperous farms, according to Member for Mallee Anne Webster. The Nationals Party MP spoke in Parliament last week against the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023, which would legislate water buybacks of 450GL from local irrigators and extend the deadline to deliver the full Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

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