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Cotton farm buyback to benefit rivers
11 Sep 2008
The state of NSW has paid $23.75 million, with commonwealth assistance, for the Toorale cotton station in northwest NSW, in a move that will boost flows in the Murray-Darling Basin by up to 80 gigalitres a year. Wentworth Group of Scientists member Mike Young said the acquisition of Toorale would have minimal benefits for the Murray-Darling unless changes were made to water entitlements downstream along the Darling River. "An extra megalitre in the Darling might be harvested by someone else and little of the water gets very far," Professor Young said. The purchase has angered some local rural merchants who claim the Toorale station is a significant employer and central to the prosperity of the region.
The Australian, 11/09/2008
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