Shadow Water Minister promises better water quality, more funding and less red tape

Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke at Toorale National Park with Nationals Candidate for Barwon Lucie Wightman. Photo: Ian Cole

Story by Tricia Duffield and Ian Cole

Water security continues to be the over-riding issue across the western region, with Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke getting a firsthand look at the impacts of water reforms during her Barwon-Darling River tour last week.

Besides speaking to irrigators and farmers, Ms Cooke said she wanted to speak to ordinary people living in our towns and villages who faced their own challenges with water security and quality.

She was also anxious to talk to local councils who provide town and village water supplies and was critical of the taste of the drinking water in some western towns, particularly the high levels of sodium which she said had flow on health impacts especially for highly vulnerable people.[…]

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