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Water on the Wireless: Lisa Neville
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When Water minister Lisa Neville was told the multi-billion dollar Connections project was going well when she inherited the portfolio in 2015.
The truth was a little different as she found out after talking to irrigators.
Ms Neville talks to Country News journalist Geoff Adams in a podcast recalling the obstacles and challenges of Connections.
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