Published: January 31, 2019
Richard Beasley says climate change was ignored in determining how much water was needed for environment
Politics, not science dictated how the Murray-Darling Basin plan was implemented, leading to a flouting of the law and irrigators receiving too much water, the senior counsel to the Murray-Darling Basin royal commission has said.
In an interview defending the commission against claims from irrigators and critics who have questioned the experts the commission relied on to make its findings, Richard Beasley said the conclusions were clear and that meddling had “stuffed the river system”.
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