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As the Murray-Darling continues to collapse, first the South Australian Government announces a $100 million upgrade to Adelaide's Football Park and then the Federal Government throws $70 million at an automotive manufacturing colossus that recently announced a first quarter profit of $3 billion. If both the Prime Minister and the South Australian Premier spent more time out in the heartland of this country and less time on international promotional jaunts, they would see what is happening to Australia's most significant river system whilst they sit on their hands - and their bulging governmental coffers. Mr Rudd's "visionary" statement on nuclear disarmament may press the right buttons in some quarters, but the vast majority of Australians would prefer that he concentrated on decisions rather than aspirations; especially the bold decisions that are urgently required to resuscitate the failing Murray-Darling system - including the long-overdue prohibition of the cultivation of cotton and rice cultivation in the basin.
 Flood irrigation (Yenda)
The $170 million wasted by Messrs Rudd and Rann would have been used much more effectively as part of a generous compensation package for growers and communities affected by what would be a genuinely visionary initiative. |
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Advocating environmentally responsible use of Australia's water
Fair Water Use is an independent and politically non-aligned lobby group,
organised and supported by ordinary Australians who share concerns about Australia's water future
- especially that of the Murray-Darling Basin