According to David Nason writing in last Friday’s The Australian, the traditional owners of the Lower Lakes, the Ngarrindjeri, want more water flowing through their country from up-river to maintain connectivity and keep the Murray’s mouth as the “Meeting of the Waters”.
But no mention is made of the tens of thousands of megalitres which have been flowing out the Murray’s Mouth every day since it started to rain – since the drought broke.
There is also no mention of the barrages and how they inhibit hydrological connectivity and prevent inflows from the Southern Ocean.
Indeed if the Ngarrindjeri were serious about connectivity then they would be campaigning against the barrages. 
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The photograph shows me (in yellow life jacket) with fisherman Alastair Wood in front of the Murray’s Mouth on about March 15, 2011.
The article by David Nason in The Australian was entitled ‘Title fight looms on Murray water flow’.
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
Good question. If they were honest they would demand the barrages be removed to restore the natural flow in flood and drought.
Looks like they are playing for the team with the highest salary cap.
It’s a pity the aboriginals were not a more sea-faring race. It might solve their oversight of the barrages and also their problem with Lake Eyre sailing.
Hasn’t this group proven to be totally corrupt and deceptive? They lied over the women’s business during the bridge fiasco – looks like they are at it again.
How sad that in order to validate a political agenda, we have organisations who are willing to use both the environment and our first Australians as part of their arsenal.
They are just using emotional arguments in order to sway public opinion.
There is no historical evidence to back this up.
It is not the fault of the Ngarrindjeri.
They are reliant on the funding and are therefore vulnerable.
If people aren’t careful, they will be trapped into being called ‘racists’ if they fall for this one.
Follow the money and you will discover the perpetrators of this one.
Guess who were irrigators in 1888. They asked for a Government Grant of 500 pound. They wanted to purchase machinery to raise 30,000 gallons per hour to a height of 30 feet and plant root crops.
The host of Cafe Whispers (Miglo) is educated in these matters and I asked him what he thought. This is his reply.
‘On a visit to the Coorong I was offered a feed of mullet from the local Ngarrindjeri people. Mullet, if you’ve tried it, is unforgettably awful, but I was assured by the Ngarrindjeri that their mullet was special.
‘And it tasted superb. The different and unique flavour was due to the fresh water from the Murray spilling into and ‘diluting’ the sea water in the Coorong. If the fresh water was to stop the Ngarrindjeri will lose their primary/traditional diet. This leads me to think of heritage rights.
‘Indigenous Australians now have intellectual copyright (such as medicines and recipes) recognised in the Federal and State heritage acts. This might be an angle they could give some thought to.
‘And finally, there is also “secret women’s business” associated with the flow of the Murray that I’m not even meant to know, let alone be at liberty to disclose.’
the barrages are there to help with the drought and keep water in the coorong and murray rivers