Minister says Coca-Cola's free groundwater use 'doesn't pass the pub test' after hot, dry summer
04-05-2024 02:49 via abc.net.au

Minister says Coca-Cola's free groundwater use 'doesn't pass the pub test' after hot, dry summer

Western Australia's Water Minister Simone McGurk says decades-old arrangements allowing millions of litres of groundwater to be extracted free of charge for sale as bottled water should be reviewed as the state faces a drying climate. 
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