The Snowy River: among the attributes that might be expected of one of Australia’s major tributaries, it lacks only water, writes Joel Tozer.
Snowy Hydro
Is the agreement to save the Snowy now dead?
NSW’s long history of bloody-mindedness over the Snowy River looks set to wreck the intern-governmental agreement to save the river, with the NSW government revealing it will unilaterally alter the Snowy Hydro Corporation’s Snowy water licence.
Proposal to boost Snowy flow blocked by ALP powerbroker
NSW ALP powerbroker Ian Macdonald has headed off an attempt to remove one of the biggest impediments to a healthier Snowy River.
NSW to keep draining the life out of the Snowy
The NSW government has indicated it will continue to draw water off the Snowy River, despite extensive evidence the river is nearer to degradation than ever.
Saving the Snowy is a total legal fiction
The Snowy agreement imposes virtually no obligations on the NSW Government or the Snowy Hydro Company.
Snowy River salvation fail
Despite an inter-governmental agreement and the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, the Snowy River is closer to systemic failure now than it was a decade ago.
