The approach of those seeking to be elected to the Murray-Darling Basin and its water distribution plan needs to weighed up because too much water is still being allocated to irrigators. Tracey Carpenter reports.
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has vowed to follow through with environmental water commitments for the Murray-Darling basin, but the government has claimed Labor will re-introduce controversial water buybacks.
The deputy prime minister says the federal government's pledge to help restore southeast Queensland's Paradise Dam will finally end "two years in limbo" for the regi.