Well, Kevin Rudd had the opportunity to buy Cubby Station to secure the water supply, but preferred to sell it to China. So now we have this problem!
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'Just horrific to look at and smell' says Menindee resident but the smell has subsided since truckloads of dead fish taken to mass gravesTruckloads of dead fish have been dumped in mass graves in Menindee as the clean-up from the latest fish kill in the Darling River gets underway. The state government can find the trucks to take away the dead fish, but don't seem to be able to find the vehicles to get water out to the thirsty towns and maybe even the fish. There are large numbers of pumps that could be used to aerate the water, but fish don't vote. Here's a thought. Don't travel the 10 kilometres to the weir pool. 'We've had the turtles dying, the yabbies dying, everything's dying that are drinking the water.'
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Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission slams authority for 'gross maladministration'The Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission finds Commonwealth officials committed gross maladministration, negligence and unlawful actions in drawing up the multi-billion-dollar deal to save Australia's largest river system. Man I hope some fkrs end up in prison for this. The biggest maladministration in MDB is the SA government maintaining a man-made freshwater lake at the end of the system, which is currently being kept at over 90% capacity. But I bet the SA report doesn't mention that.
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SA Premier has written to PM for Murray-Darling report meeting | Sky News AustraliaSouth Australia Premier Stephen Marshall has asked the Prime Minister to convene a meeting of the first ministers for the Murray-Darling Basin states and the Australian Capital Territory to review the royal commission report. \n\nThe inquiry into the management of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan found river allocations were driven by politics rather than science and called for a complete overhaul of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.\n\nMr Marshall says the SA government is taking the report seriously and would like to make an extensive review of the original plan.\n\n\n wooo boy, found a lot more than that! ImWithMoya Sounds like one more nail in the coffen for the The_Nationals good news for sffAustralia and other smaller parties auspol
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Queensland floods: Townsville on edge as deluge continuesAuthorities warn that more than 12 suburbs are set to be affected by rapidly rising flood waters as the Ross River Dam floodgates are opened. Qld is going to need to think about building floating houses. Insurance companies will be going broke. Just did the drive from the Great Ocean Road to Melbourne this weekend. Wonderful journey but seeing the isolation of people in rural towns gets to me every time. They need our support and they need to know we are here for them during a disaster. Any reports of crocodiles?
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Townsville flood emergency presents risk to life and property | Sky News AustraliaLives and property are at risk as the flood emergency in Townsville continues, with residents urged to immediately seek higher ground.\n\nIt comes as the spillway gates of the Ross River dam have been opened to full setting, sending thousands of cubic metres of water towards homes along the river system.\n\nTownsville Mayor Jenny Hill told Sky News parts of the city towards the mouth of the Ross River will see significant rises in flood levels.\n\nThe affected suburbs include Rosslea, Hermit Park, Railway Estate, Townsville City, Oonoonba, Idalia, Cluden, West End, Rowes Bay, Garbutt, Aitkenvale, Cranbrook, Currajong, Mysterton, Pimlico, Mundingburra, Douglas, Annandale, Kirwan and Thuringowa Central and South Townsville areas.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n G_Parker This is your time ScottMorrisonMP G_Parker At least Maggie is dry!
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Townsville residents urged to reach higher ground as Ross River Dam gates open | Sky News AustraliaResidents in many Townsville suburbs are being urged to move away from the banks of the Ross River and reach higher ground after its dam spillway gates opened to full setting.\n\nThe rapid rises of the Ross River could see the gates release up to 2000 cubic metres of water per second out of the dam.\n\nThe affected suburbs include Rosslea, Hermit Park, Railway Estate, Townsville City, Oonoonba, Idalia, Cluden, West End, Rowes Bay, Garbutt, Aitkenvale, Cranbrook, Currajong, Mysterton, Pimlico, Mundingburra, Douglas, Annandale, Kirwan and Thuringowa Central and South Townsville areas.\n\nIt comes as North Queensland residents have been warned that up to 20,000 homes could be affected by flooding if the monsoonal rain continues. \n\nMore than the annual rainfall has fallen on parts of north Queensland in the past week, creating a disaster area stretching 700km along the coast from Cairns to Mackay. TCC_News crjennyhill I think that you could have updated the community with more transparency regarding to the dam release. I have family and friends in and around the Ross River that were not aware of the dam limitations. This resulted in panicked evacuations late today. crjennyhill Well, you messed up. Hopefully you're honest enough to admit it to yourself! crjennyhill When will you dopes remember that the dam has to be flood control dam? Duuuh. Your fault it flooded Toensville!
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We could have led the world and saved a river system, but for politicsThe $13 billion plan to save the Murray-Darling Basin had much to commend it, but too often its honest brokers have been silenced. It's the binary nature of media. Journalists want confrontation so they twist any slight disagreement of a grey area into a bitch slap worthy of the Kardashians. It crushes open discussion and ultimately democracy. Hilarious (if it wasn't so tragic) that we talk of US 'saving' a river system as if we are separate from nature and can survive perfectly well without a healthy ecosystem - we are FULLY DEPENDANT on nature - if a river system dies, and all the other dominoes topple, then WE DIE Stop branding a vote for the Greens as a wasted vote .
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Royal Commission uncovers ‘epic’ failureIt’s not often the words “maladministration” and “unlawful” are used to describe the activities of government authorities, but the words seem barely adequate to describe the findings of a royal commission into the Murray-Darling river system. Thanks to Chinese cotton farms I truly hope this is the beginning of the end for those unholy alliances. Fuck the greed of them all! That river is 'life giving' so what they've been doing is the equivalent of attempted murder. And the governments are doubling down on their mismanagement by ignoring the finding of the commission...
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We could have led the world and saved a river system, but for politicsComment: How do we begin to fix the Murray-Darling Basin when anyone who criticises the plan's implementation is dismissed as a wrecker? There's only 2 ways to fix the Murray-Darling Basin: 1) Find a very good rain dancer 2) Implement an inland irrigation scheme designed by a genius (Bradfield) & offical policy of OneNationAus auspol OneNationAus MRobertsQLD qldpol sapol SkyNewsAust Channel7 we allow water to be wasted when it rains.......then complain when it doesn't...... Because of little fucks like Niall Blair who blamed S.A & Jay Wetherall over and over this morning who was facing a LABOR election whatever that is and including in the points of reference to the R.C water theft in NSW. Inferring corruption of the RC & commissioner
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Emergency flood alert issued for Bohle RiverIntense rainfall in north Queensland has triggered an emergency flood alert for residents living in the surrounding area of the Bohle River. The indoctrination. Welcome to the new world, stay tuned it only gets better and what a wild ride there is to look forward to It’s a continent not a small country 🤷🏻♂️
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