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    High court blocks plan to extract two Sydney Harbours’ worth of groundwater from the desert
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    High court blocks plan to extract two Sydney Harbours’ worth of groundwater from the desert


    High court blocks plan to extract two Sydney Harbours’ worth of groundwater from the desert

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/05/high-court-blocks-plan-to-extract-two-sydney-harbours-worth-of-groundwater-from-the-desert-ntwnfb

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    1. nath1234 on

      Of all the fucking stupid ideas that farming in this country keeps on doing: growing stuff in too dry and area by fucking over the waterways or water table is the worst.

    2. lhb_aus on

      “The massive water allocation was granted to Fortune Agribusiness for free…” JFC!

    3. sweetnsourgrapes on

      > The massive water allocation was granted to Fortune Agribusiness for free by the NT government

      How insane. Not that you can actually put a price on aquifer water – once it’s gone it’s gone – but the insanity of that is just mind blowing. Deal was “decades long”.

    4. ThunderDwn on

      Absolutely no chance of corruption of kickbacks in play here, no Sir!!!

      Wonder which pollie had the promise of a post-political job for life in this decision?