Northern Territory water plan condemned as ‘blatant and shameless’ attack on nature

Northern Territory water plan condemned as ‘blatant and shameless’ attack on nature

Exclusive : Move to scrap legal requirement to set aside water for environment is ‘extreme even for the NT CLP government’, green group says

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The Northern Territory government has been accused of making a “blatant and shameless” attack on nature by planning to delete a legal requirement that water must be allocated to the environment.

In what has been described as the latest in a series of attacks on the environment by the NT’s Country Liberal party, the Finocchiaro government plans to change water rules that govern how much ground and surface water industry can take. Continue reading...

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