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The Queensland Cubbie Station - Australia's largest cotton producer - has denied claims it is withholding water from nearby communities.

The Queensland Cubbie Station - Australia's largest cotton producer - has denied claims it is withholding water from nearby communities.

Cubbie Agriculture CEO Paul Brimblecombe told Sky News “Cubbie extracts water when the rivers are in major flood” and only "take a small percentage of the resource" during drought. Meanwhile, locals claimed they were a "scapegoat" for Murray Darling water woes and were "tired" of political attacks. Image: News Corp Australia

 

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FYI ONCE ITS DRILLED ITS THERE FOR LIFE! THEN WE WILL NEVER HAVE WATER PROBLEMS!

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THEY DONT HAVE TO DO THAT IF THEY DO PRIMARY WATER, U KNOW Y D_LittleproudMP WONT EVEN LOOK INTO IT, Y? CAUSE ITS FREE & RENEWABLE CRISP CLEAN 30% RARE MINERALS INSTEAD DRINKING THE RUN OFFS & DESALINATION PLANT TREATED POO WATER!

Who owns it?

Sky running defence for the nationals, thank God we have the ABC for the truth

And we should believe them because they say it is so ?

Well they wouldn’t admit they were would they ?

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