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Federated Farmers Urges Government to Back Water Storage, Citing Tasmania Model

23 Sep 2026 1:46 p.m. · Source: Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers wants seed funding, faster approvals and a national standard for water storage, pointing to Tasmania's coordinated approach and the Central Plains scheme's $400m GDP contribution.

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