LEETON Shire Council mayor Paul Maytom believes there needs to be “a small risk” taken when it comes to productive water use under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
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Councillor Maytom’s comments come after the Ricegrowers' Association of Australia (RGA) reiterated a call to the federal government for all further buybacks to be suspended until the full impact of the Murray Darling Basin Plan on the southern basin is known.
He said the need for a continued balance between what the environment required and what irrigators also needed was an issue that needed sorting.
“At the Senate select inquiry hearing in Griffith earlier this year that was exactly what I was pushing for,” Cr Maytom said.
“I do think we need a review into what water is going to the environment and what it is being used for,” he said.
