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For the record. @4Corners spent weeks gathering 1st-hand evidence from farmers in the Murrumbidgee who had concerns about how the #murraydarling grants scheme is operating... 1/5
We spoke to farmers & irrigators who have received the funding or been involved in its expenditure, scientists & economists who have gathered & analysed data on its effects, community leaders, former government officials and current and former Murrumbidgee Irrigation staff... 2/5
We requested an interview with Member for Farrer / Environment Minister Sussan Ley, whose electorate covers the taxpayer funded projects we investigated. Her spokesperson told us NO-ONE in the govt would be providing an interview... 3/5
Our job was to gather first hand accounts and evidence to try to get to the bottom of how more than $4b in taxpayer funding has been spent and whether it was effective... 4/5
... And we discovered that tens of millions of taxpayer dollars are going to partly foreign owned corporations to expand irrigation under Australia’s most expensive environmental plan. 5/5
