Water Theft

nsw: NSW Regional Water Minister Niall Blair on Friday said the royal commission didn't find anything new in relation to water theft in NSW and labelled its report into the basin's management as hit and miss . While Mr Blair did acknowledge concerns over the legality of the basin plan he said that was an issue for the federal government, according to Nine News Australia. He said the commission appeared to advocate buying more water from NSW farmers and sending it to South Australia. To improve your experience update it here News NationalNSW govt says Murray report 'hit and miss'By AAP6 01pm Feb 1, 2019Facebook Tweet Mail The NSW government won't back a complete overhaul of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan arguing the changes suggested by the South Australian royal commission will hurt regional communities and benefit the downstream state. They just want to take the easy fix, change the rules, undo the negotiated parameters, buy the water off our farmers and send it down to South Australia - and we can't accept that, Mr Blair told reporters in Dubbo. The NSW minister said regional communities and farmers needed to be supported rather than having more water rushed down to South Australia. We know the recommendations and way put forward by the South Australian royal commission ... will be to the detriment of and hurt our regional communities. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.