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Four Corners' Basin report found to be biased

THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed a finding by the Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) that the ABC breached the impartiality rules of its own charter, when Four Corners sought to report on the Murray Darling Basin in July 2019.

Macey Hill
 The GRDC is investing in irrigated crop growing. Image courtesy Alistair Lawson.

The GRDC is investing in irrigated crop growing. Image courtesy Alistair Lawson.

The offending episode, Cash Splash, purported that grants for water efficiency projects, served only to develop farmers' own water infrastructure. In its complaint to ACMA, the NFF argued the program...

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