HUNDREDS of millions of dollars have been spent on fishways, resnagging, riparian revegetation, not to mention the billions for water buyback, all recommendations of the Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Basin 2003-2013 [1]. Those who … [Read more...] about The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On (Part 2)
Murray River
The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On (Part 1)
IT is ten years since the launch of the ‘Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Basin 2003-2013’ [1]. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on the program including to re-snag the main channel of the Murray River with microchip … [Read more...] about The Native Fish Strategy for the Murray Darling Ten Years On (Part 1)
Expensive Water Still in Dams: Barnaby Joyce
Media Release 850 billion litres of water purchased through Federal Government buybacks has not been used according to an Australian Audit Office report, Commonwealth Environmental Watering Activities, released today. This is despite the … [Read more...] about Expensive Water Still in Dams: Barnaby Joyce
Dam Building in Singapore
MANY South Australians, and the Australian government, and the Murray Darling Basin Authority, claim that it is necessary to have barrages across the bottom of the Murray River because of the upstream irrigation industries [1]. There is no … [Read more...] about Dam Building in Singapore
Absurd Murray Darling Basin Plan Now Irreversible
THE key plank of the national water reform agenda in Australia, the Murray Darling Basin Plan, was presented to the Australian Parliament on 22nd November 2012, and was passed with the support of the Coalition on 29th November. There was a … [Read more...] about Absurd Murray Darling Basin Plan Now Irreversible
Gone Fishing
I am going to take some time out from this blog to try and complete a couple of projects that I’ve started, but am having trouble finishing. So there may be no new posts here for a while. In the meantime you can subscribe for my irregular email … [Read more...] about Gone Fishing
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
