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That's not how you haggle

The Australian Government bought 29 gigalitres of water for $80m in the Condamine-Balonne valley. The vendors originally insisted on $2,200 per megalitre. But after negotiation, the Government paid a higher price - $2,745 per megalitre. Worse, the water has no legal status outside the farm gate and shouldn’t be counted towards the water recovery target.

Type of Publication: 
Research
Section: 
Government and Accountability
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Murray Darling

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PDF icon P502 That's not how you haggle.pdf

Author: 
Maryanne Slattery and Rod Campbell
Posted on:
20 March 2018

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