Leaving some Murray properties and businesses in South Australia at the mercy of the rising river are “tough calls”, Premier Peter Malinauskas says.
But the premier believes the state government has done as much as it can to protect as many properties as possible and to provide financial and other assistance as flood waters continue to surge across the border.
Up to 4000 shacks, homes and businesses are expected to be inundated in SA as flows down the Murray rise to about 175 gigalitres a day in early December before surging even higher around Christmas.
“I’m very confident in the fact that the government has done as much as we reasonably can in difficult circumstances,” Malinauskas said on Monday….