Appeals court to decide if Murray Darling Basin Authority can limit class action liability

Agriculture 2021-08-27 11:10 pm By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne

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The Murray-Darling Basin Authority will soon make its case directly to an appeals court that it can rely on defences limiting its liability to farmers in a class action alleging negligent oversight of the river system, a question that could have implications for other climate change cases against government agencies.

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