We have been informed by a reliable source that Cubbie and at least one other large cotton property may be about to be purchased by a Chinese consortium. 

If this is indeed the case, it would be an utter indictment of the Federal Government's attempts to address the Murray-Darling crisis. Fair Water Use would sincerely hope that, if the Government was aware that such properties were indeed up for sale, it would make every effort to purchase them on behalf of the population and environment of Australia.

Cubbie Station alone irrigates 14-thousand hectares of cotton, and can store nearly 500 gigalitres of water, which is bigger than many Queensland Government dams.