Environmentalists and farmers are sometimes in opposing camps, but not when it comes to fencing off river banks.
The Victorian Farmers Federation recently suggested the Victorian Government should make greater use of the environmental levy on water bills to pay for riverbank restoration.
I’ve been calling for the same thing for years.
Even the Federal Government is on board.
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The last time Victoria experienced El Nino conditions was during the millennium drought, which culminated in the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009. In addition to the catastrophic human impacts of drought, 'El Nino' is really bad news for our rivers.
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