The Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water, Senator Penny Wong announced a new $100 million water purchase tender in Queensland’s Lower Balonne, to commence on 22 March 2010. The Lower Balonne purchase tender is part of the Australian Government’s $3.1 billion Restoring the Balance in the Murray Darling Basin water purchase program that is returning water to the Basin’s rivers and wetlands. “The best way to improve the health of the Basin’s rivers is by reducing how much water we take from them,” Senator Wong said. Read More