Large agribusiness gains most from $13bn Murray-Darling plan, report finds

Australia Institute report find communities, graziers, small irrigators and native title holders are being left behind

A new report looking at how the $13bn for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is being spent has found that big agribusiness is being compensated for giving up access to water while communities, graziers, small irrigators and native title holders are having to wear the often harsh effects of the plan.

The report, Trickle Out Effect, by the Australia Institute, looks at the Lower Darling and the Menindee region, and finds wildly different treatment of stakeholders.