FED:Windsor says Basin health is possible

AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2010
FED:Windsor says Basin health is possible

Federal independent MP TONY WINDSOR believes it's possible to revive the ailing Murray-Darling
river system without hurting the regional communities that rely on it.

Murray-Darling Basin Authority chairman MICHAEL TAYLOR announced his shock resignation
from the role yesterday .. saying that by law the reforms must put the environment first.

Mr WINDSOR is chairman of a parliamentary inquiry into the impact of the Murray-Darling
Basin plan .. and says he doesn't think four thousand gigalitres of water needs to go
back into the rivers.

He's told ABC Radio there's a range of things that can happen to achieve more water
in the river system .. without destroying the towns.

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KEYWORD: MURRAY (CANBERRA)

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