This article explores the claim that First Nations people continue to be 'dispossessed of their rights and their economy after a study of Indigenous water rights in the Murray-Darling Basin found they share less than 1 per cent of the market' (page 1). 

Mike Foley, '"It was our economy, now we are dirt poor": First Nations People', The Sydney Morning Herald (online, 22 February 2021)

NSW laws and policies have led to disproportionately low water licence ownership among Aboriginal people, which contributes to economic disadvantage. 

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Mike Foley, '"It was our economy, now we are dirt poor": First Nations People', The Sydney Morning Herald (online, 22 February 2021)

Water licences