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Mismanaging water policy can drain a budget
FOLLOWING the report into state finances by an independent committee, we are seeing the hollowness of the previous Victorian government's claim to...
Murray-Darling irrigation and agricultural production are critical
Under Labor, Victorian water policy had an urban-orientation. Its focus was on reducing city usage and providing more water to Melbourne without...
Bank on basin's resilience
John Quiggin argues that taxpayers should buy 34 per cent of the water now used by Murray-Darling basin irrigators and add this to the 50 per cent...
Damned decision
The decision last week by Kevin Rudd, delivered by his environment minister Peter Garrett, to veto the proposed Traveston dam near Gympie...
Ultimate civic nonsense
Kevin Rudd announced on Tuesday that he wanted the federal government to be involved in the urban planning for Australia's cities. Presumably, he...
Committee goes with wrong flow on water
A state parliamentary committee report this week said Melbourne needs no more dams and water storages. Instead, the committee proposes more costly...
It's water torture as jobs evaporate
A great myth of government propaganda is that their activities create jobs. Water Minister Tim Holding recently used our money to commission...
Murray Water Demands from Downstream
South Australians live at the end of the long Murray River system and spend a lot of time fearing someone upstream will steal their water. As...
Saving the Coorong by restoring its native state
When the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Penny Wong, recently announced that there was insufficient water in upstream dams to flood the...
Dam good idea holds water
Water saving and agonising over an augmentation of Victoria's urban supply have been long and unnecessary exercises. We have plenty of water...