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
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Two Questions for Your Federal Parliamentarian
WE all know that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the main source of news and information for many Australians. The ABC is funded and owned by the government, but the ABC is apparently editorially independent as a consequence of the … [Read more...] about The Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Two Questions for Your Federal Parliamentarian
Watching Her Watching Them: Graham Young
Jennifer Marohasy has been campaigning to have the barrages – a form of dam – removed from what most of us would think of as the mouth of the River Murray. While much has been made of the fact that the Murray often doesn’t run into the sea, hardly … [Read more...] about Watching Her Watching Them: Graham Young
Media Watch Under Scrutiny
MEDIA Watch contacted me on Friday with a barrage of questions concerning my work on the need to restore the Murray River’s estuary. Their line of questioning suggested that I was misleading the Australian public on the important issue of water … [Read more...] about Media Watch Under Scrutiny
Minister Caica Ignorant of History of Lake Alexandrina
Following the release of my recent technical report, Plugging the Murray's Mouth: The Interrupted Evolution of a Barrier Estuary [1], the South Australian water minister, Paul Caica, made public comment that Lake Alexandrina has been a "predominately … [Read more...] about Minister Caica Ignorant of History of Lake Alexandrina
About the Murray River’s Estuary: Full Text of My Address to the Sydney Institute
AT the very bottom of Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin is a vast coastal lagoon that was once connected to the Southern Ocean. The region was home for the Ngarrindjeri, who wore possum skin coats and loved to tell stories. One of their storiesii is … [Read more...] about About the Murray River’s Estuary: Full Text of My Address to the Sydney Institute