Murray-Darling Basin plan: states given three more years to finish water projects as extra buybacks on table

Tanya Plibersek warns Victoria as state holds out on signing deal while move to lift embargo on federal water purchases likely to enrage farmers

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The states will have three more years to complete water efficiency projects in the Murray-Darling and will be offered more money, but more water buybacks from agriculture are also on the table, the federal water minister has said.

Tanya Plibersek announced on Tuesday she had struck an agreement with all but one of the basin states to extend the Murray-Darling Basin plan and increase the funding beyond the original $13bn that has been allocated.

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