Griffith City Council will join a chorus of angry voices when they meet with other disgruntled councillors from along the Murray Darling Basin from October 22 to 24.
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Mayor John Dal Broi and Councillor Dino Zappacosta will travel to the Murray Darling Association to devise a plan-of-attack on how best to lobby the government for a better basin plan.
It's now-or-never according to Cr Dal Broi, who said the political will for change was stronger now than it has been in decades.
"A lot of politicians are making the right noises at the moment, and if we don't get something up in this environment forget it. We'll be declared a desert," Cr Dal Broi said.
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His sentiment was echoed by Cr Zappacosta, who said if Griffith doesn't get more water soon it would spell the end for many farmers' livelihoods.
Cr Zappacosta will be lobbying for a feasibility study into the Clarence River Diversion scheme, which would store Clarence River water in dams and pump it into the Murray Darling system.
"What we need to revitalise the whole countryside is more water," Cr Zappacosta said.
"The stage is reached where we need the government to listen to the people in the bush."
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Kenji Sato is a handsome journalist at The Daily Advertiser who enjoys writing flattering bios about himself in the third person. He can be contacted by email at kenji.sato@dailyadvertiser.com.au or by mobile on 0448 927 612.
