NT government urged to reject 'speculative' licence for its largest private water allocation
by Lorena Allam from Environment | The Guardian on (#5APD1)
Aboriginal title holders are alarmed that Fortune Agribusiness is seeking to use more than 40,000 megalitres of water each year for irrigation
A private agribusiness is seeking to use more than 40,000 megalitres of water each year in arid central Australia to irrigate what it says will be one of the country's biggest fruit and vegetable operations.
If granted, it would be the single largest private water licence allocation in the Northern Territory, which does not currently have a water pricing regime and does not charge developers for water.
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