'I'll be chopping vineyards down': Grape gripe blows up in NT over Govt 'backflip'

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One of Australia's biggest table grape companies is threatening to rip up vines and scrap its million-dollar plan to expand in the Northern Territory.

The Marciano Table Grapes company has invested heavily in the Northern Territory, but now feels it has no future in the NT.One of Australia's biggest table grape companies says it is going to rip up vines and scrap its million dollar plan to expand in the Northern Territory, because it claims the NT Government has backflipped on its water allocation.

"The way it's looking, I'll be chopping vineyards down, we'll be cutting [down] excessive amounts of acres. Mr Marciano said the grape farm's current water allocation of about 1,500 megalitres per year was not enough to meet the demands of the farm going forward. "A number of licence holders in the Ti Tree region have fully developed their properties and maximised the use of their licensed water entitlements.

 

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