Tasmanian Times

Photos reveal Queensland cotton farms full of water while Darling River runs dry

By Guardian Australia

Posted on 31 January 2019

Photos reveal Queensland cotton farms full of water while Darling River runs dry 1

Photographs taken by Centre Alliance senator Rex Patrick of cotton farms on the Moonie River in southern Queensland. The South Australian royal commission into the Murray Darling Basin plan is expected to deliver a scathing assessment of the plan that was meant to save the river system from ecological disaster. Photograph: Rex Patrick