The Gillard Labor Government must cut the spin and immediately remove the Guide to the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan and ensure that economic and social factors receive the same consideration as environmental factors in the future. Sign the … [Read more...] about Back Our Basin Petition
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Excuses, But No Good Reason for Murray River Barrages
I have received a barrage of excuses as to why the Lower Lakes at the bottom of the Murray River should remain fresh rather than removing the barrages and letting the area fill with seawater, as suggested in ‘Basin barrage of bad ideas” (The Land, … [Read more...] about Excuses, But No Good Reason for Murray River Barrages
Marohasy on the Murray on BTalk
PHIL Dobbie from BTalk on BNET.com spoke to me recently about the Murray, the new plan and whether the system really needs saving - or not. … [Read more...] about Marohasy on the Murray on BTalk
Idle thoughts of a wet afternoon
Mann Promotes Rio Tinto
Most people know that the stock market is a volatile place and that the price of Rio Tinto shares has fluctuated significantly both up and down over the last thirty years. But this is how at least one modern climate scientist might go about … [Read more...] about Mann Promotes Rio Tinto
Free Burma’s political prisoners
Dear Jennifer, Fantastic news! After spending 15 of the past 21 years unjustly under house arrest, Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is finally free. But the Nobel laureate was just one of 2,200 political prisoners in Burma punished … [Read more...] about Free Burma’s political prisoners