SMH – The future of environmental flows into the iconic Snowy River are in doubt after the NSW government released a plan to replace its independent scientific committee with an industry-funded advisory group. It has called for the existing Snowy Scientific Committee to be abolished and replaced with a new advisory board paid for by Snowy Hydro Limited, the electricity generator that is owned by the NSW, Victorian and federal governments. Critics say the plan would mean river flows would no longer be regulated on the basis of environmental health, but purely for profit. Read article
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