New bill cuts Indigenous disadvantage in race for water

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Updated August 15 2019 - 3:07pm, first published 12:51pm
Previously, water was made available to applicants on a "first-in-first-served" basis leading to a monopoly, which saw Indigenous people missing out.
Previously, water was made available to applicants on a "first-in-first-served" basis leading to a monopoly, which saw Indigenous people missing out.

The Territory is leading the way nationally with the introduction of an Aboriginal Water Reserves Bill, Minister for Environment and Natural Resources, Eva Lawler has said.

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