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Article: Vic: Bracks still says 'no' to water plan
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- April 12, 2007
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AAP General News (Australia)
04-12-2007
Vic: Bracks still says 'no' to water plan
MELBOURNE, April 12 AAP - Victorian Premier Steve Bracks is standing by his decision
to reject Prime Minister John Howard's $10 billion water reform scheme ahead of tomorrow's
meeting of state and federal leaders.
Mr Bracks will join the other premiers later today to develop strategies for the meeting
in Canberra tomorrow of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) in Canberra.
But Victoria is alone in its refusal to sign up to Mr Howard's push for federal control
over water and irrigation in the Murray-Darling basin.
"Someone has to say that the $10 billion (plan) done on the back of a postage stamp,