Murray Darling Basin report reveals complex socio-economic outcomes from water reform

Mike Foley
Updated February 22 2018 - 11:01am, first published 5:30am
Analysis of water recovery and demographic changes in the Southern Basin reveals a complex relationship between water recovery and economic outcomes.
Analysis of water recovery and demographic changes in the Southern Basin reveals a complex relationship between water recovery and economic outcomes.

Water is not the determining factor in the local economies of irrigation towns in southern NSW, Victoria and South Australia, according to new analysis from the Murray Darling Basin Authority.

Mike Foley

Mike Foley

National rural reporter

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