Greens Environment Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young has criticised the Labor government’s Murray–Darling Basin plan for having “no guarantees”. “We’re being asked to kick the can down the road – I want some guarantees in the legislation,” Ms Hanson-Young told Sky News Australia.
Greens Environment Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young has criticised the Labor government’s Murray–Darling Basin plan for having “no guarantees”. “We’re being asked to kick the can down the road – I want some guarantees in the legislation,” Ms Hanson-Young told Sky News Australia.
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