There is no basin plan without Victoria, and by cutting Victorians out, Federal Labor has jeopardised the future of the Murray Darling Basin.
Federal Labor today confirmed its contempt for the Murray-Darling communities in Victoria by introducing a damaging bill into Federal Parliament.
The Federal Minister for Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek, today delivered a speech which was nothing more than an ideological diatribe to try and appease the radical environmental groups who would rather see our northern communities decimated by buybacks.
We know 30 per cent of the nations irrigated agriculture product comes from Victorian irrigators, so by removing the 1500 gigalitre cap on buybacks the Federal Government is playing political games with a critical source of food.
The Liberals and Nationals know that it is possible to deliver a basin plan that has positive outcomes for the environment while also building more sustainable farming communities.