NSW may not be able to prosecute large-scale water theft due to doubts about licences for billions of litres

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Successful legal challenge raises questions about hundreds of floodplain harvesting licences issued by former Coalition government Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales water regulator has cast doubt over its ability to prosecute potential water theft due to uncertainty about the validity of licences governing billions of litres of water entitlements in the state’s north. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.

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