Paroo mayor outraged by voluntary sale of Warrego water allocation

Sally Gall
Updated December 21 2017 - 7:43pm, first published July 24 2017 - 5:00am
Water target: Deputy Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister, Barnaby Joyce told Border Rivers irrigators in Goondiwindi in April he would "back them" in water buyback negotiations. Picture: Helen Walker.
Water target: Deputy Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister, Barnaby Joyce told Border Rivers irrigators in Goondiwindi in April he would "back them" in water buyback negotiations. Picture: Helen Walker.

Paroo shire mayor, Lindsay Godfrey, has come out swinging in the wake of news that the federal government has negotiated the “strategic purchase” of an unknown quantity of water from the Dunsdon family at Cunnamulla.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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