Murray-Darling Basin water saving subsidy led to huge spike in basin water use: study

Jamieson Murphy
Updated May 4 2020 - 4:02pm, first published 3:00pm
UNINTENDED IMPACT: The tax-payer funded subsidies led to more water use, not less. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos
UNINTENDED IMPACT: The tax-payer funded subsidies led to more water use, not less. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos

A $4-BILLION water-saving fund failed miserably to produce results and in many cases led to water extraction increasing by nearly 30 per cent, a new report has found.

Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

News director

Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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