Dry rivers, high hopes
Episode 49 min 3s

Dry rivers, high hopes

From Background Briefing ABC Australia
Millions of dollars have been spent on building an enormous irrigation infrastructure on the Murray Darling system. The rivers are dry, and the pumps stand idle, with even the interest on the loans not paid. How did it come to this: greed for water, bad farming, or the drought? Will God answer John Howard's prayers? Reporter Ian Townsend.

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