Senate delays vote on Murray-Darling Basin water recovery target
by Anne Davies from Environment | The Guardian on (#3FTZB)
Labor is in talks with water minister and is hoping to reach a compromise on changes
A crucial vote to disallow changes to the Murray Darling Basin plan, which could trigger New South Wales and Victoria to walk away from the plan, has been been delayed until Wednesday afternoon.
The Senate had been due to vote on Wednesday morning on whether to disallow a cut to the target for recovery of environmental water in the northern basin of the river system by 70 GL or 18%. Water recovery is usually achieved either by the government buying back water rights or by funding efficiency measures.
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