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November 22, 2012

Australia approves plan to save vital river system
Sydney (AFP) Nov 22, 2012
Australia approved an "historic" plan Thursday to save an ailing river system vital to the nation's food bowl by returning the equivalent of five Sydney Harbour's worth of water to the network each year. Environment Minister Tony Burke said he signed into law the final draft of a water reform plan for the Murray-Darling Basin, a river network sprawling for one million square kilometres (400,000 square miles) across five Australian states. The scheme will see 2,750 gigalitres of water, equivalent ... read more

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