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farm upgrades increase water prices more than buybacks

  • Written by Neal Hughes, Senior Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)
farm upgrades increase water prices more than buybacksMurray Darling Junction, Wentworth NSW.Hypervision Creative/Shutterstock

It’s been 13 years since the Australian Government set out to develop the Murray-Darling Basin Plan with the goal of finding a more sustainable balance between irrigation and the environment.

Like much of the history of water sharing in the Murray-Darling over the last...

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