Turnbull: SA picks “expensive fight” on Murray Darling Basin Plan

Colin Bettles
Updated November 27 2017 - 9:08am, first published 8:55am
PM Malcolm Turnbull rejecting SA's Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin Plan.
PM Malcolm Turnbull rejecting SA's Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin Plan.

PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the SA government’s Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin Plan is picking an “expensive fight” with the federal government and upstream Basin States while examining ground that’s already been “very well tilled”.

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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