Government to spend millions buying water from company it already paid $80m
by Anne Davies from Environment | The Guardian on (#4ZVB5)
Money will go to Eastern Australia Agriculture - founded by energy minister Angus Taylor - for additional water to save rare wetlands
The federal government is spending up to $2m buying water from Queensland agribusiness Eastern Australia Agriculture in a bid to keep an internationally significant wetlands from dying, despite paying $80m to the same company three years ago for water rights for the same purpose.
The $80m purchase of overland flows from Eastern Australia Agriculture has been controversial and is now under scrutiny by Australian National Audit Office.
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