http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/murray-darling-basin-deal-the-devils-in-the-details/ now with extra source Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:21:51 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/murray-darling-basin-deal-the-devils-in-the-details/#comment-20943 pamela Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-20943 Surely the real elephant is Cubbie Station and its voracious thirst. Where is all the water from the recent QLD floods? Sucked up in Cubbie's dams for years of cotton crops. Politicians can't turn money into water. Tough choices must be made now. Surely the real elephant is Cubbie Station and its voracious thirst. Where is all the water from the recent QLD floods? Sucked up in Cubbie’s dams for years of cotton crops. Politicians can’t turn money into water. Tough choices must be made now.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/murray-darling-basin-deal-the-devils-in-the-details/#comment-20944 Angela Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-20944 There isn't one elephant in this room - there are many competing elephants. Each stake-holder (agricultural, horticultural and environmental, rural and urban) in all four states has a compelling reason why 'their' rights to water should prevail. There isn’t one elephant in this room - there are many competing elephants. Each stake-holder (agricultural, horticultural and environmental, rural and urban) in all four states has a compelling reason why ‘their’ rights to water should prevail.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/27/murray-darling-basin-deal-the-devils-in-the-details/#comment-20945 Mmm Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-20945 Vale Prof Cullen, shame he didn't get to see this next important step. So the baton marked 'eternal vigilance' passes on to such as the excellent Prof Kingsford here and similar champs of the freshwater ecology. Vale Prof Cullen, shame he didn’t get to see this next important step. So the baton marked ‘eternal vigilance’ passes on to such as the excellent Prof Kingsford here and similar champs of the freshwater ecology.

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