NSW plunders river system as water storages plummet

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With Sydney’s water storages plunging below 50%:

And 95.1% of New South Wales suffering from drought:

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The NSW Government has resorted to plundering the Shoalhaven River to bolster supplies to Sydney:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.