{"id":221427,"date":"2018-10-31T23:32:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T13:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=221427"},"modified":"2020-06-29T11:35:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T01:35:53","slug":"lnp-fears-hidden-water-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/10\/31\/lnp-fears-hidden-water-rises\/","title":{"rendered":"LNP Fears Hidden Water Rises"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shadow Natural Resources Minister Dale Last<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 31, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

The LNP fears the State Government’s move to refer irrigation pricing to the\u00a0Queensland Competition Authority could end up costing farmers a lot more for water.<\/p>\n

The Opposition says the referral lays the foundations for\u00a0dam safety and flood mitigation costs to be passed on to farmers.<\/p>\n

Shadow Minister for Natural Resources Dale Last said he was extremely concerned these costs could be directly passed on to irrigating farmers through steep price increases for water.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the significant dam safety costs in the pipeline for particular regional irrigation schemes, there will be significant price increases that will put in jeopardy the future of irrigation in those regions,” Mr Last said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Liberal National Party is calling on Labor to rule out passing these costs on to farmers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Labor Government is so anti-farmer it is looking to include ballooning costs like dam safety and flood mitigation that will put the cost of water out of reach for our farm businesses.”<\/p>\n