Money for dams dries up as good water management finally makes it into a federal budget
- Written by: Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
Wyangala DamAAP Image/Lukas CochA story from the early days of the Abbott government still circulates in the halls of Parliament House.
The government’s Expenditure Review Committee apparently supported then Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce’s first A$500 million budget funding for the National Party’s dam-building plans,...
Read more: Money for dams dries up as good water management finally makes it into a federal budget
