The Prime Minister, John Howard, has called a summit to discuss the water crisis in the Murray-Darling Basin. The meeting, being held as I write this blog, was apparently triggered by the NSW government decision to suspend water trading on the … [Read more...] about Murray River: Last Year Biggest Environmental Flow, This Year Water Crisis
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Photographs Suggest Still Water in the Murray River: ABC Wrong Yet Again
I’ve already complained about ABC Online incorrectly reporting that water levels in the Murray River are at historic lows. The article, published on 17th August, confused low water inflows with low water levels, the journalist apparently unaware … [Read more...] about Photographs Suggest Still Water in the Murray River: ABC Wrong Yet Again
Water in Murray River Not At Record Low
I spilt my tea over a story at ABC News Online last Thursday. Entitled ‘Murray River flows at record low', without quoting a specific source, it stated: “The water level in the Murray River is at its lowest since records began more than 100 … [Read more...] about Water in Murray River Not At Record Low
Reflections on World Environment Day 2006
It's World Environment Day and I woke to hear Australia's MInister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer talking up the possibility of the Australian Government building a nuclear power station to run a water desalination plant for Adelaide. Adelaide … [Read more...] about Reflections on World Environment Day 2006
Reconciling with the Murray River
I lived for the first six years of my life in a mud brick house up the hill a bit from a creek in the Northern Territory. I remember the water as black and very deep. I remember as a child jumping as far into the middle of that creek as I could, … [Read more...] about Reconciling with the Murray River
More Money for the Murray (Updated)
The budget for the Australian Government for the next financial year was announced tonight by our Treasurer Peter Costello. He didn't mention global warming, or the Great Barrier Reef, or saving Tasmanian forests. There was only one major … [Read more...] about More Money for the Murray (Updated)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
