Pull the other one, Murray-Darling is not in safe hands

By Richard Beasley Sc
Updated February 5 2019 - 4:55pm, first published 4:18pm
Dead fish at Menindee amid the Darling River tragedy. Photo: Nick Moir
Dead fish at Menindee amid the Darling River tragedy. Photo: Nick Moir

When a lawyer of the standing of Bret Walker SC uses language such as "maladministration", "unlawful", "gross negligence" and "indefensible" to describe the conduct of a statutory authority, it’s understandable that it attracts attention. While these findings are central to the report of his Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission, they might on their own give the impression that he was only interested in undertaking a legal analysis of the drafting and implementation of the basin plan. He was interested in much more.

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