For years now I’ve been writing about the barrages, really sea dykes, that block inflows from the Southern Ocean making the vast shallow coastal lagoons at the end of the Murray River completely dependent on Murray River inflows. Without the dykes … [Read more...] about Honest Politician Needed to Champion Removal of Murray Mouth Barrages
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Are Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO Reports Reliable? A Note from Cohenite
THE CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology [BOM] are the peak Australian scientific institutions. Various governments in Australia rely on the scientific conclusions from these government-funded scientific institutions. The assumption is that the scientific … [Read more...] about Are Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO Reports Reliable? A Note from Cohenite
Time to Rethink Basic Assumptions about the Murray and the Planned Water Reform
TONIGHT the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Media Watch program put together a garbled defence of the consensus position on water reform and the Lower Murray, a position based on 'junk science'. The program omitted to declare that the … [Read more...] about Time to Rethink Basic Assumptions about the Murray and the Planned Water Reform
ABC Journalist Wendy Carlisle: Hatchet Job Exposed
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) repeatedly misrepresents the facts relating to important environmental issues and puts much effort into smearing those it disagrees with. Here is yet another example: And the ABC is funded by big … [Read more...] about ABC Journalist Wendy Carlisle: Hatchet Job Exposed
Murray-Gate: Some Questions for Media Watch
ABC News Watch is unsure of the motivation behind Media Watch's inquiries regarding my research on the Murray River. Based on their understanding, none of the 11 members of the Media Watch team have the scientific qualifications, or necessary … [Read more...] about Murray-Gate: Some Questions for Media Watch
Salt Water, Crocodiles and the Lower Lakes: In Perspective
JO NOVA has posted on the Murray and Media Watch with comment: “She [Jennifer Marohasy] wants to restore the estuary to its estuarine (salty) form. The end of Australia’s biggest river (the Murray) has barrages across it, to stop the salt water … [Read more...] about Salt Water, Crocodiles and the Lower Lakes: In Perspective