Broken Hill City Council votes to pause $500m pipeline in the wake of the Murray Darling Basin furor

Alex Druce
Updated July 27 2017 - 6:15pm, first published 4:29pm
Broken Hill council’s vote has echoed the skepticism of western pastoralists, who said this week the issues raised by the ABC’s Pumped investigation had taken local water concerns “to a whole new level”.
Broken Hill council’s vote has echoed the skepticism of western pastoralists, who said this week the issues raised by the ABC’s Pumped investigation had taken local water concerns “to a whole new level”.

UPDATED 6.15PM: BROKEN Hill community leaders want work to stop on the $500 million Murray River pipeline as trouble from Monday’s Four Corners water expose continues to lap at state government’s door.

Alex Druce

Alex Druce

Senior Journalist

Politics and rural issues journo in Sydney. Give me a yell at adruce@fairfaxmedia.com.au

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