The South Australian government dammed the Murray River's estuary making lakes Alexandrina and Albert totally dependent on the Murray River. That was in the 1930s. More recently the South Australian government has been encouraging the … [Read more...] about New Canal Development at Bottom of Murray Darling: With Freshwater
Murray River
SA Minister Caica Needs to Read My Report
FRESH water allocated to the Lower Lakes in the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is a "waste" and only serves to maintain an "artificial" environment, a new report says... Reports Lauren Novak and Ken McGregor from the Adelaide Advertiser got that much … [Read more...] about SA Minister Caica Needs to Read My Report
It’s a Barrier Estuary: Duh!
IN South Australia the Coorong fishermen say that before irrigation, before the weirs, locks, levees and barrages (sea dykes), the Murray River would flog down from September until maybe Christmas, filling the lagoon, then out the mouth. By … [Read more...] about It’s a Barrier Estuary: Duh!
Sold Down the River by Canberra
WHEN former Labor leader Mark Latham was campaigning to win the 2004 federal election, he promised to add 450 gigalitres of environmental flows to the Murray River in his first term of government and an extra 1,500 within ten years. Australian … [Read more...] about Sold Down the River by Canberra
Talking at the Sydney Institute about the Need to Restore the Estuary
I will be speaking at the Sydney Institute on Wednesday 8th February on the need to restore the Murray River's estuary. More information here: http://www.thesydneyinstitute.com.au/functions/weekly-seminars/ My talk will be published in the … [Read more...] about Talking at the Sydney Institute about the Need to Restore the Estuary
Sustaining Australia on 2,500 Gigalitres of Water
Yesterday a Murrumbidgee food producer, Virginia Tropeano, had a letter printed in the local Murrumbidgee ‘Area News’ explaining that in an average rainfall year it take 5,000 gigalitres of water to keep the Lower Lakes artificially fresh. … [Read more...] about Sustaining Australia on 2,500 Gigalitres of Water
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
