FINALLY, last night, the NSW government agreed to change Snowy Hydro Licence conditions which required water to be released into the already swollen Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers –exacerbating the current flood crisis. The article in today’s … [Read more...] about Government to Finally Act on Bureaucratic Flooding
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How Much Should One Frog Eat?
THE green tree frog, with the white lip, that I fed last night is currently asleep outside my kitchen window. Last night she - I call her Emily - ate four grasshoppers, two moths, one bush cockroach, one click-beetle, but refused the squirming … [Read more...] about How Much Should One Frog Eat?
Snowy Hydro Wants Changes to Licence Provisions to Avoid Exacerbating Flooding
TERRY Charlton, CEO and Managing Director of Snowy Hydro, confirmed with me this morning by telephone that Snowy Hydro has been making water releases that may have exacerbated current flood conditions in the Murray Darling Basin because of licence … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro Wants Changes to Licence Provisions to Avoid Exacerbating Flooding
Snowy Hydro Must Immediately Stop Exacerbating the Current Flood Crisis
Murrumbidgee Valley Food and Fibre Association (MVFFA) is appalled to learn that Snowy Hydro has been releasing water ostensibly as part of its environmental flow obligations that can only have exacerbated the current flood crisis. This … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro Must Immediately Stop Exacerbating the Current Flood Crisis
Snowy Hydro Not Contributing to Flooding
Communities along the Murray and Murrumbidgee face more rain and more flooding, and there have been accusations, particularly from Leeton farmer David J. Linsday, that the situation is being exacerbated by bureaucratic incompetence, in particular, … [Read more...] about Snowy Hydro Not Contributing to Flooding
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INTERNATIONAL grains industry leaders are building-up their consideration of the market and trade requirements that will underpin the commercialisation of GM wheat. In parallel to the global R&D program to deliver valued GM wheat varieties – … [Read more...] about Advertising GM Bread