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Murray-Darling Basin communities to receive $34-million cash injection to aid water recovery
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The grants are designed to strengthen economies along the Murray River.
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A budget of $34 million has been announced for round three of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan Economic Development Program
Grants between $50,000 and $1 million are on offer
Federal Water Minister Keith Pitt will spend the week touring impacted communities
Federal Minister for Water Keith Pitt said the grants would provide opportunities to develop projects in communities impacted by water recovery under the basin plan. This is about driving those regional economies, strengthening those regional economies, proving more local jobs into the future and, most importantly, to add some more diversification to those regional centres, he said.