Xenophon and Littleproud row together on Basin Plan water exchange

Colin Bettles
March 16 2017 - 12:30am
Independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon and Queensland Nationals MP David Littleproud - rowing forward on a pragmatic water-exchange mission.
Independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon and Queensland Nationals MP David Littleproud - rowing forward on a pragmatic water-exchange mission.

QUEENSLAND Nationals MP David Littleproud has lured independent South Australian independent Senator Nick Xenophon to tour his sparse Maranoa electorate to meet local farmers and look them directly in the eye to see their trembling and fear driven by the uncertainty of devastating cuts to productive water supply, caused by the Murray Darling Basin Plan.

Colin Bettles

Colin Bettles

Canberra Bureau Chief

Has been the Canberra Bureau Chief for Fairfax Agricultural Media since 2010 - survived the hung parliament - former media manager at Western Australian Cricket Association now covering national agricultural and rural issues in federal politics.

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