PASSIONATE about the wine industry, Philip White grew up in the Bremer Valley of the Lower Murray. He now lives on the opposite side of the South Mount Lofty Ranges at McLaren Vale. He tastes wine and writes about wine, and the wine growing regions … [Read more...] about Wise Words from Wine Man Philip White: Concerning Murray Mouth Barrages
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South Australian Water Minister’s Foolish Statements About Murray River and Ngarrindjeri Culture
YESTERDAY the South Australian government yet again displayed its contempt for science and history by claiming yet again that Lake Alexandria is, and always has been, a freshwater lake.[1] I’m hopeful that the local tabloid, the Adelaide … [Read more...] about South Australian Water Minister’s Foolish Statements About Murray River and Ngarrindjeri Culture
Honest Politician Needed to Champion Removal of Murray Mouth Barrages
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
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
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
No Water for Murray River Irrigators: A Note from Debbie Buller
This year we have record inflows to dams and rivers, a deep snow pack and all environmental assets are totally sodden. It is inconceivable that farmers on the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers have insufficient access to their irrigation water … [Read more...] about No Water for Murray River Irrigators: A Note from Debbie Buller