Federal Water Minister David Littleproud is completely out of touch if he believes his claims on ABC Radio this morning that the only problem with the Murray Darling Basin is a lack of water due to drought, the Greens say.
\nGreens Murray Darling Basin spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said the Minister is shirking responsibility by claiming that unless it rains, there\u2019s no water to share.
\n\u201cThe NSW Natural Resources Commission found over-allocation of water in favour of up-stream corporate irrigators pushed the river system into severe drought leading to the devastating fish kills,\u201d Senator Hanson-Young said.
\n\u201cIf water is over-extracted by irrigators then it isn\u2019t lack of it falling from the sky that means there\u2019s not enough to go round. This is clearly a water management issue and therefore under the Minister\u2019s purview.
\n\u201cThe Minister needs to stop working in favour of\u00a0big corporate irrigators\u00a0and lift the freeze on buying back environmental water.
\n\u201cWater must be returned to the River and we must have a Royal Commission to fix the management of the Murray Darling Basin before it is too late.
\n\u201cThe National Party\u2019s head in the sand attitude to climate change is a slap in the face to rural communities and farmers.
\n\u201cBetween denying climate change and refusing to tackle the greed of big corporate irrigators, it\u2019s no wonder scientists are warning there will be more fish deaths this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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