Acting inspector-general for the Murray-Darling Basin Mick Keelty is calling for a different kind of leadership to get the management of water right. Key points: Mick Keelty's independent inquiry will scope the impact of changing distribution of inflows to the southern basin and impacts on state water shares The Murray-Darling's 'top cop' says the public has lost trust in the …
It had rained for much of the night over Deniliquin. Mick Keelty told irrigators he didn't want to hear about the socio-economic impact of the basin plan. Mr Brooks pleaded for Mr Keelty to "take our message back to Littleproud" calling for urgent intervention. "It does not augur well for the cooperation and commitment to what is a national asset …
The Murray-Darling Basin's 'top cop' says corruption scandals are eroding trust in the $13 billion plan to recover water for the environment. Key points: Mick Keelty says NSW and Queensland are getting better at enforcing water extraction rules The interim inspector-general says scandals have fostered public mistrust of the basin plan The outlook for this summer is bleak, with little …