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Indigenous water groups, farmers demand more water for Darling-Baaka River, Menindee Lakes
Indigenous groups and pastoralists are took their water rights claims to the NSW Parliament today to argue for a bigger share for their communities and the environment in the Far West.
Key points:
- Indigenous groups are pushing for more water for parched outback rivers
- Water is already short due to climate change and the over-allocation of water licences
- Irrigators say they are not to blame for low flows
But getting the water will be difficult because the system is already stretched by climate change and the over-allocation of water licences.
Indigenous representatives and others travelled a thousand kilometres to Sydney today to meet with politicians and put their demands forward.
They claim the Darling-Baaka River and Menindee Lakes have been…
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