North-South pipe ‘threat to wildlife’
Freshwater, Murray Cod September 17th, 2007According to ABC News, the government plans to build a 70 kilometre pipe from the Goulburn Valley to Melbourne to transfer 75 gigalitres of water a year to the capital, but the federal member for Murray, Sharman Stone, says the pipeline threatens several vulnerable species that are protected by Commonwealth law, including the Murray Cod and Macquarie Perch.