Barnaby Joyce says he gave water back to irrigators to stop 'greenies'
by Gabrielle Chan Deputy political editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#2XJRW)
Joyce's comments at odds with press conference on Wednesday when he likened water thieves to cattle and sheep thieves
Barnaby Joyce has told a pub in a Victorian irrigation district that the Four Corners program which raised allegations of water theft was about taking more water from irrigators and shutting down towns.
The deputy prime minister, agriculture and water minister told a gathering at a Hotel Australia in Shepparton that he had given water back to agriculture through the Murray Darling Basin plan so the "greenies were not running the show".