An article by Kerry Brewster in the Guardian this week reports on a significant fraud investigation by Queensland’s Major and Organised Crime Squad (Rural) into subsidies granted to a landholder under the Healthy Headwaters Water Use Efficiency Program. In our Environmental Defenders’ Offices of Australia submission to the Productivity Commission dated 31 October 2017, we raised serious concerns about … Continue reading EMMA CARMODY. Lack of transparency in irrigation efficiency programs… Continue reading »