Main stories in the ABC's World Today

AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-2009
Main stories in the ABC's World Today

SYDNEY, Feb 13 AAP - Main stories in the ABC's World Today:

* The federal government has done a deal with Senator Nick Xenophon and has rescued
its stimulus package.

* A Murray-Darling Basin action group has welcomed the government's decision to increase
funding to the area, but says it won't be happy until water starts flowing again.

* The chairman of the South Australian Irrigators Group says the move is a promising
sign for the Murray-Darling Basin.

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