(Source: ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) The Federal Government today announced it will legislate to cap buybacks at 1,500 gigalitres. "The federal government's inclination to recover water by subsidising irrigation upgrades is making the task of returning the promised 3,200 gigalitres difficult because much of the low hanging fruit has already been picked," said ACF's Healthy Ecosystems Program Manager Jonathan La Nauze. "But if we do not get this volume of water back in the rivers, environmental jewels like the Coorong will be in dire trouble. "After seven years the government has only managed to recover 600 gigalitres through subsidising farmers to become more efficient....
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