Published: November 25, 2018
Anthony Barlow is the first to be prosecuted following a major exposé by the ABC’s Four Corners on the Murray-Darling Basin
A prominent Barwon-Darling irrigator has pleaded guilty to three charges of breaching New South Wales water management rules, the first prosecutions following a major exposé by the ABC’s Four Corners 16 months ago alleging water theft under the Murray-Darling Basin plan.
Anthony Barlow pleaded guilty in the land and environment court to all three offences alleged against him by WaterNSW. These included one offence of pumping during an embargo on pumping, and two offences of pumping while metering equipment was not working.
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