This page contains
web links to
action groups,
downloads and other
information resources
for researching many related issues relating to water in NSW.
ABC TV Lateline
As renegade landholders clear
and spoil the Australian Outback.
Then after Battle For The Bush
when farmers are forced off of their family land by the bank.
Dr. Erin O'Donnell explains
Will the wars of the future
really be fought
over water?
Water Special Part 1
Water banking,
rain farming and
other ways to safeguard against future drought.
Water Special Part 2
November 1 - 2019
This article is an exhaustive overview of the problems related to water trading and the over allocation of water to industry.
Please share it around.
Link to Australia Institute
Please watch this.
New Website, full of links for researcherschers -
Feb. 7, 2020,
NSW Water Minister permits Floodplain Harvesting -
Management (General) Amendment (Exemptions for Floodplain Harvesting) Regulation 2020 - under the Water Management Act 2000
People who live along the Darling River have dubbed this -
"THE LAST STRAW !"
The repercussions of this betrail are yet to be understood. But it is understood that serious actions are pending and major disruptions are anticipated.
Link to - ABC TV - 4Corners - "PUMPED"
The show that showed the tip of the iceberg.
The show that shows a bit more of the tip of the same iceberg.
"Dying Darling" by Tony Smith - Tony Smith
The 2019 Australian Peoples Tribunal
Citizens Inquiry into
The Health of The Darling River & Menindee Lakes, has just traveled the length of the Darling, gathering submissions and testimony regarding the state of the river and the communities that depend on it. The tribunal held hearings in Buronga/Mildura, Wentworth, Broken Hill, Menindee, Wilcannia, Bourke, Brewarenna and Walgett.
to visit their website and find out how you can be part of and contribute testimony and evidence to this historic inquiry.
Be sure to look on the
MEDIA PAGE for all their media releases.
Important Breaking Content
Link to Youtube of public forum held in Sydney
Feb. 23, 2019.
This links to a very informative radio podcast made by
The Law School at Sydney University.
Although quite "dry" (sorry) the first seventeen minutes
will tell you much about the Basin Plan and some of the problems there.
The whole thing runs for one hour and fifteen minutes
and requires serious concentration.
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Link to
Please watch this and then consider the need for a Federal Royal Commission
into water-trading and the Murray/Darling
Basin Plan.
Then please watch
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BREAKING NEWS Feb. 7, 2020
Nationals NSW Water Minister Pavey lifts water embargo
and legalises floodplain harvesting in Northern Basin
resulting in extreme anger and bridge closure at
Wilcannia, Western NSW.
Feb. 7, 2020,
NSW Water Minister National Party Member Melinda Pavey permits Floodplain Harvesting -
Management (General) Amendment (Exemptions for Floodplain Harvesting) Regulation 2020 - under the Water Management Act 2000
People who live along the Darling River have dubbed this -
"THE LAST STRAW !"
The repercussions of this betrayal are yet to be understood. But it is understood that serious actions are pending and major disruptions are anticipated.
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