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VFF buys into water savings questions, raised by irrigators, opposition

Andrew Miller
Updated May 5 2020 - 4:04pm, first published April 27 2020 - 2:00pm
DUD DEAL: Durham Ox irrigator Chris Harrison says he wants the state government to stick with an original deal, to deliver high-reliability water shares.
DUD DEAL: Durham Ox irrigator Chris Harrison says he wants the state government to stick with an original deal, to deliver high-reliability water shares.

The Victorian Farmers Federation has bought into claims by northern irrigators that they've been cheated out of water savings, promised as part of the first stage of a $2 billion deal to reduce losses in the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District.

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Journalist

I'm a general reporter with Stock & Land, with a special interest in irrigation issues. I completed my cadetship, with the Age, in 1980. Over my career, I've worked for ABC radio news (Mt Isa, Qld) and at provincial and suburban newspapers.

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