Some Observations about the Reactionary Rhetoric Circumscribing the Guide to the Murray–Darling Basin Plan

Economic Papers

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-207

  Crase, Lin ^a   O’Keefe, Sue ^a   Dollery, Brian ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basin Plan; environmental water management; Murray Darling Basin; Q18; Q25; Q28; water policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866403916     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2011.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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