Latest News• Add My News • Search Old News Gippsland › Latest news › Steph Ryan MPLabor’s deluded south-north pipe dreamsNorth-south pipeline and a new pipeline going either under or over the Yarra River would cost $277m. BackgroundA secret government report has found reversing the north-south pipeline would cost $277m and require a new pipeline going either under or over the Yarra River. It also found there were no clear environmental benefits to reversing the pipeline and that water in the Goulburn system would have to be consistently above $1350/ML for the project to be economically viable. This is well above historic levels. Quotes attributable to Deputy Leader of The Nationals Steph Ryan Fresh from wasting $27 million on a desal order we don’t need, Daniel Andrews is now intent on wasting millions more on costly pipedreams. Farmers nearly went under when water prices hit $300/ML last year so Daniel Andrews must wake up and realise $1350/ML isn’t just unfeasible, it’s deluded. Daniel Andrews has a bizarre attachment to Labor’s water white elephants and this secret plan shows he wants to add to the herd, regardless of the cost to families and farmers. Instead of costly pipe dreams, Daniel Andrews must focus on fighting South Australia’s audacious push to recover another 450GL of water for the Basin Plan. There is a real and imminent threat to our irrigators and our farming communities if South Australia gets more water taken out of productive use upstream but Daniel Andrews is focused on his own agenda. Media contact: Emma Manser 0437 225 386 emma.manser@opposition.vic.gov.au Source: www.gippsland.com Published by: support@gippsland.com
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