Ron Pike The Spectator Australia 16 November 2023 Faced with an approaching election and constant media hype regarding the plight of our rivers during the Millennium drought, John Howard panicked and announced a $10 billion package to ‘save the Murray River’. Then to make matters more muddled, he appointed Malcolm Turnbull as Minister for theContinue reading “Murray-Darling Basin plan: foolish and unnecessary”
Category Archives: Water Rights
High water costs have taken debt-ridden farmers out of production
Date: October 7, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 14 Comments By Kevin Linton As a scientist and an engineer who worked in the rural water industry, I had experience in Agriculture in both NSW and Victoria and also contributed to the Murray Darling Basin Plan prior to 2007, I could see that water around the globe wouldContinue reading “High water costs have taken debt-ridden farmers out of production”
High water costs have taken debt-ridden farmers out of production
Date: October 7, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 0 Comments By Kevin Linton As a scientist and an engineer who worked in the rural water industry, I had experience in Agriculture in both NSW and Victoria and also contributed to the Murray Darling Basin Plan prior to 2007, I could see that water around the globe wouldContinue reading “High water costs have taken debt-ridden farmers out of production”
The main purpose of the Water Act 2007 (Com)is to give effect to relevant international agreements on trading water
Date: October 6, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 12 Comments This excellent submission by a resident of the Murray Darling Basin district demonstrates how foreign entities such as China can buy Australian water entitlements, in effect controlling agricultural output in the vital foodbowl of this country Water Meeting re MDB Listening Tour – Griffith 4/10/23 Coalition BackbenchContinue reading “The main purpose of the Water Act 2007 (Com)is to give effect to relevant international agreements on trading water”
Banks blasted for cold, cruel way they’ve forced farmers off their land
Statewide Australia’s corporate regulator failed to investigate claims about the tactics being used by banks to repossess farmers’ properties, a parliamentary inquiry will be told.Tess Ikonomou Print article In a joint submission, dozens of devastated farmers have laid bare their anguish after their properties, many of which had been in their families for generations, wereContinue reading “Banks blasted for cold, cruel way they’ve forced farmers off their land”
It’s the constitution, it’s the vibe… it’s water justice
Australians only need look to New Zealand to fear the Voice Features Australia Brianna McKee Getty Images Brianna McKee 17 June 2023 9:00 AM Last August I wrote in these pages about the University of Melbourne’s campaign, ‘Undoing Australia’, which at its core seeks to dismantle the nation-state in order to right past wrongs, realContinue reading “It’s the constitution, it’s the vibe… it’s water justice”
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