Floodplain Harvesting / 2022
Menindee (NSW)
Menindee (NSW)
‘An Act of Bad Faith’: Water Minister Seeks Premature Approval
Barrier Truth (2022) | Journalist
Documents obtained in Parliament this week detail a series of email exchanges between public servants within the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) which suggest an internal conflict within government on how to comply with their legal obligations to ensure that a fair share of water reaches downstream.
Independent NSW MP Justin Field, who called for the papers said that the emails revealed that NSW Water Minister, the Hon. Kevin Anderson MP was pushing for NSW Environment Minister the Hon. James Griffin, MP to sign off on the Water Sharing Plans prematurely.
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Barrier Truth (2022) | Journalist
The Shooters Fishers and Farmer’s Party (SFF) decision to abstain from voting in last month’s third floodplain harvesting disallowance motion put forward by NSW Independent MP Justin Field has caused conflict amongst SFF party MPs and left downstream communities guessing whether the party represents their water needs.
SFF Member for Murray Helen Dalton said that she was “gobsmacked” by the party’s decision to abstain, having been assured by NSW Upper House Member the Hon. Robert Borsak, MLC, that the party would support the third disallowance motion.
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The Shooters Fishers and Farmer’s Party (SFF) decision to abstain from voting in last month’s third floodplain harvesting disallowance motion put forward by NSW Independent MP Justin Field has caused conflict amongst SFF party MPs and left downstream communities guessing whether the party represents their water needs.
SFF Member for Murray Helen Dalton said that she was “gobsmacked” by the party’s decision to abstain, having been assured by NSW Upper House Member the Hon. Robert Borsak, MLC, that the party would support the third disallowance motion.
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