The human toll of Murray Darling Basin water reform

By Lucy Kinbacher, Olivia Calver
Updated May 6 2019 - 6:19pm, first published 2:00pm
Jerilderie irrigator Michael Moloney carried over water last year and bought some to finish his winter crops, but says he has no fall-back this year. Photo: OLIVIA CALVER
Jerilderie irrigator Michael Moloney carried over water last year and bought some to finish his winter crops, but says he has no fall-back this year. Photo: OLIVIA CALVER

A free-market revolution has swept across the Murray Darling Basin and its communities since economic and environmental reforms kicked off in 1994.

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