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MDBA slammed for "astounding ignorance" |
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011 |
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MEDIA RELEASE
26th October 2011
Reports that Craig Knowles, Chair of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority,
is considering a dramatic increase in groundwater extractions as part
of his Basin Plan have stunned public water-rights and environmental
advocacy group, Fair Water Use.
The group’s coordinator, Ian
Douglas, responded today, “This announcement suggests an astounding
level of either ignorance or cynicism on the part of the Authority, and
specifically Craig Knowles.”
“If the former, it would appear that Mr Knowles understands less about
the hydrologic cycle than most secondary school children, and the
absolute continuum that is surface water, groundwater and in-stream
flows”, he continued.
“Proposing a 2,400 billion litres a year increase in take from the
groundwater component of the resource, whilst modelling a reduction in
diversion limits of a mere 2,800 billion litres, implies that the Basin
Plan may involve a reduction in total extractions of a paltry 400
billion litres, around one tenth of the minimum amount recommended; it
would also give the green light to a massive increase in the production
of contaminated water by mining activities in the Basin”, Dr Douglas
concluded.
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MDBA set to sacrifice the Darling ? |
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Tuesday, 02 August 2011 |
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MEDIA RELEASE 2nd August 2011
Recent comments from Dianne Davidson, a current member of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, suggest that the Authority is about to renege on its statutory responsibility to manage the entire river system in the national interest, according to environmental and public water-rights advocacy group, Fair Water Use.
When interviewed last week, Ms Davidson indicated that, under the terms of the revised Draft Basin Plan, the Authority will be “treating the northern and southern basins separately – differently” and that “sending water down the Darling in the hope that it goes out the Murray Mouth is really just that – it’s a hope.”
Fair Water Use issued the following statement this morning in response to this revelation: |
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The driest inhabited continent on earth - also the world’s biggest water exporter ! |
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Tuesday, 07 June 2011 |
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MEDIA RELEASE
7th June 2011
While the Murray-Darling Basin Authority apparently struggles to find
even a paltry 3,000 gigalitres of water in its increasingly compromised attempt
to restore the nation’s most vital and productive river system, a new report
reveals Australia to be the world’s largest nett exporter of virtual water in
crop, livestock and industrial products; exported virtual water being that
consumed to create produce for export.
The report also indicates that our agricultural sector is responsible for the
vast majority of the total volume of water exported from Australia in this way,
shipping an average of 72,000 gigalitres of virtual water overseas every year.
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2800 gigalitres: a death warrant for the Murray-Darling |
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Saturday, 21 May 2011 |
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MEDIA RELEASE
21st May 2011
In responding to the news that the Murray-Darling Basin Authority is likely to recommend that less than 3,000 GL of additional water is allocated to environmental flows under its Basin Plan, Ian Douglas, from environmental and public water-rights advocacy group, Fair Water Use (Australia), commented today,
“As many of us feared, it appears that the MDBA version 2011 may be about to renege on its statutory responsibility to manage the Murray-Darling in the national interest, and will in future merely be a mouth-piece for those who seek to continue to over-exploit the environment and waters of the river system.” |
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Basin Plan discussions: Facts not fear-mongering |
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Tuesday, 19 October 2010 |
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MEDIA RELEASE
Claims that reductions in diversions, proposed by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority in its guide to its Draft Basin Plan, will lead to the widespread implosion of Basin communities are not supported by the facts, according to a statement released today by environmental and public water rights advocacy group, Fair Water Use (Australia):
“In common with many Australians, Fair Water Use has been disappointed by the fear-mongering tactics of some sections of the irrigation lobby in response to the release of the Guide to the Draft Basin Plan. |
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