Australia’s Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has admitted that delivering a key component to the Murray Darling Basin Plan before the 2024 deadline would be “next to impossible.”
This follows calls in June from liberal senator Anne Ruston who urged Plibersek to visit communities across the Murray Darling Basin in order to have a greater “understanding” of rural and regional areas.
Speaking at the national press club on July 19, Plibersek said she was concerned of “how far behind” the country was in terms of relocating water back into the basin.
Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek at the National Press Club in Canberra, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)
“I’m actually gobsmacked at how badly we’re doing as a nation on meeting that target,” Plibersek said….