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Message from Sam Birrell MP
reads “Will Northern The headline on the front of last week’s Adviser Victoria’s water vote matter?” e, and for those interested The answer is yes. It is a critically important vot e is only one choice. in the future of our irrigated communities, ther
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I note that in The Adviser article former MP As the article points out, Tanya Plibersek Suzanna Sheed stated, “we need to hear from and Labor introduced a piece of legislation opposition parties as to what they would do in called ‘Restore our Rivers”. A more accurate relation to water buybacks”. She has obviously title would have been ‘Destroy the Economy missed all of the media reporting of the of Basin Communities” because what it did Nationals position, including in The Adviser was enable the Federal government to buy December 18 last year which accurately more water from farmers in irrigation regions, on reported that “Shadow Water Minister including the Goulburn Murray Irrigation tor Perin Davey and Federal Member for District, and take that water out of production, Sena olls Sam Birrell unveiled their proposed so it cannot be used to grow food. Instead, a lot Nich water policy last week, which prioritises of it would be sent down the Murray to keep infrastructure upgrades, reinstating a sociothe lower lakes in South Australia artificially economic neutrality test, and halting open high and artificially fresh. tender buybacks to protect regional economies” this I sat in the parliament voting against Our policy is clear, and our view is firm. We do legislation with my National and Liberal not support water buybacks. Labor, greens and colleagues, and what I saw over the other side independents in the Federal parliament do. The was every Labor, Teal, Green and Orange only way to halt this economic vandalism is (yes, Helen Haines from neighbouring seat of ugh the election of a coalition government. Indi) voting with the government for it. Voting thro for indiscriminate water buybacks and the economic pain that they impose on us.
Sam Birrell MP, Federal Member for Nicholls
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