Questions raised over bid to extract 40,000 megalitres of water a year from arid Central Australia
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FebFebruary 2021 at 8:49pm
Dr Josie Douglas is urging the NT Government to reject the application until more is known about its potential impact.
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An application to use 40,000 megalitres of water a year for a major fruit and vegetable project in Central Australia should be rejected, according to a water expert and a key Indigenous group.
Key points:
The water licence could be the largest ever granted in the NT and would support one of the country s largest fruit and vegetable farms