Western Queensland state MP Vaughan Johnson says it would be irresponsible and “sacrilege” to sell off water from the Great Artesian Basin. The New South Wales Government is planning to auction water from the basin in Walgett, in northern NSW, later this month. The basin underlies one-fifth of Australia and is a valuable water source […]
Water users across north-west New South Wales will today appeal to the State Government to stop next week’s controversial water auction at Walgett. Coonamble farmers Neil and Anne Kennedy have formed the Great Artesian Basin Protection Group to fight the sale of water saved under the Cap and Pipe the Bores Scheme. The group, which […]
ANGRY farmers in the North West are trying to organise a boycott of next month’s Great Artesian Basin water auction in Walgett, but the Federal Government has confirmed it has no problems with the NSW Government’s planned sale. Canberra will not step in and override the new water licence auction, with federal Parliamentary Secretary for […]
FARMERS and one of the state’s leading environmental experts have raised concerns over the NSW Government’s decision to auction water licences for the Great Artesian Basin this month, which is likely to open the way for greater water trading in one of the largest underground reservoirs in the world.
I once telephoned Senator Bill Heffernan and the conversation began with this exchange: ‘‘Bill, what’s that din in the background?’’ Heffernan: ‘‘I’m on the tractor.’’
‘‘Are you getting any rain?’’ Heffernan: ‘‘The bastard!’’
BHP has today revealed the environmental effects of its giant Olympic Dam project. Hendrik Gout wrote this article ahead of the media lock-up at which the 4000-page document was released. Incomparable and unimaginable are not synonymous, but Olympic Dam is both. It will be the world’s biggest hole-in-the-ground, the largest copper and uranium quarry on […]
Four Corners – “Gas Leak!”