ONCE upon a time there was a turkey that lived in a pen. Every morning a farmer brought food and water and talked to the turkey with soothing words. The turkey thought it was special and would always be looked after. Then one Christmas Eve, … [Read more...] about Talking Turkey, But Not About the Barrages
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Southern Ocean Tides Could Save Lower Lakes
THERE are a lot of comments in the thread following my blog post ‘Healthy Country Means Less Water for South Australia’. In that thread Peter R. Smith OAM has claimed that if it weren’t for the barrages Lake Alexandrina, a terminal coastal lake at … [Read more...] about Southern Ocean Tides Could Save Lower Lakes
Station Buyout a Waste of Money: David Boyd
DAVID Wroe from The Sydney Morning Herald has written a well balanced article on the waste of money in buying Toorale (pronounced Too-rally) Station at Bourke: … [Read more...] about Station Buyout a Waste of Money: David Boyd
Healthy Country Means less Water for South Australia
IT is assumed in the draft Murray Darling Basin Plan that the more water in the Murray River and in particular the more water moving down the river to South Australia, the healthier the environment. But what’s the philosophical basis for such an … [Read more...] about Healthy Country Means less Water for South Australia
New Murray Darling Basin Plan Based on Meaningless Averages
THE Murray-Darling Basin Plan can't deliver anything tangible and meaningful for communities, industry or the environment while its water sharing plans are based on averages. Averages are a meaningless concept in the real world given the highly … [Read more...] about New Murray Darling Basin Plan Based on Meaningless Averages
Bad Farmers Produce More Food
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs and you can’t grow food without water – and lots of it. That’s reality. But fashion dictates that farmers pretend otherwise. Consider the ‘Rice and the Environment’ page at the Ricegrower’s … [Read more...] about Bad Farmers Produce More Food
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
