The NSW government has been accused of giving preferential treatment to cotton farmers after some irrigators were allowed to harvest floodwaters during an embargo
, when he continued to lobby the former Nationals MP Katrina Hodgkinson on the basin's 2012 water sharing plan after the public consultation period had closed. Some of his suggestions were later adopted, fuelling the perception of a government in thrall to the irrigation industry.
“It’s just another kick in the guts, because what they’re predicting to get to Menindee, they’re really not sure whether it will even be able to run into the Lower Darling.” But those downstream are suspicious about the risk of damage to infrastructure as a motivation for the suspension, as it was only raised as a factor after the farmers were given permission to pump.
Independent MP Justin Field said that in giving some farmers authority to direct floodwaters into their private storages, the government had failed to maximise the first flush of the river.
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