Basin Plan a 'political football' in watergate election stoush

Mike Foley
Updated April 24 2019 - 7:15pm, first published 3:51pm
Labor Environment spokesman Tony Burke and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on the campaign trail. Photo AAP / Lukas Coch.
Labor Environment spokesman Tony Burke and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on the campaign trail. Photo AAP / Lukas Coch.

Two groups often cast as representing opposite sides in the Murray Darling Basin Plan are warning that the political spat over water buybacks poses a risk to the the $13 billion water reform.

Mike Foley

Mike Foley

National rural reporter

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