NSW may not be able to prosecute large-scale water theft due to doubts about licences for billions of litres

Successful legal challenge raises questions about hundreds of floodplain harvesting licences issued by former Coalition governmentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales water regulator has cast doubt over its ability to prosecute potential water theft due to uncertainty about the validity of licences governing billions of litres of water entitlements in the state’s north.It follows a successful legal challenge brought by a group of irrigators in the state’s north-west which found 11 floodplain harvesting licences issued by the former Coalition government were invalid. Continue reading...