'Water isn't endless': the controversial plan to extend irrigated agriculture in NT's tropical savannah

Expansion is designed to grow vast fruit, nut and cotton crops, but environmentalists say it could be disastrous for the region on the WA borderDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefing"This is about free water," says Kirsty Howey of the Northern Territory Environment Centre. "Free water for irrigators. And they're going to get it."Water - how it is managed, who controls it and how much they get - is at the centre of a controversy over plans to massively expand agricultural production in the territory, and ultimately to link it to the huge Ord irrigation scheme across the border in Western Australia. Continue reading...