Water plan: no immediate relief but necessary just the same
There is still more pain to come, before the Murray Darling plan can be considered successful.
Popularity: 15% [?]
Popularity: 15% [?]
Water price surge: ‘We have no choice’
The New South Wales Government says it has no choice but to increase water charges for Sydney households by more than $200 a year so it can pay for the city’s costly desalination plant.
Popularity: 33% [?]
Popularity: 33% [?]
Australia: Money needed to buy back allocations, experts say
Age: MORE of the $10 billion rescue package for the Murray-Darling Basin should be spent buying back water allocations because climate change makes upgrades to irrigation less effective, environment experts warned yesterday. The Rudd Government yesterday left open the possibility of spending more on purchasing water entitlements [...]
Popularity: 29% [?]
Dredging opponents lose court battle
The anti dredging group Blue Wedges has lost its court battle to stop the Port Phillip Bay dredging project.
Popularity: 24% [?]
Popularity: 24% [?]
Restrictions unlikely to be relaxed: SEQWater
SEQWater says Brisbane’s dams are unlikely to reach 40 per cent capacity before the end of the wet season next week.
Popularity: 28% [?]
Popularity: 28% [?]
Australia: Let’s give back to the river
Age: SO WE have a plan to make a new plan to save the Murray River. There’s little doubt the new deal between the Victorian and Federal governments offers hope that in the future the Murray-Darling Basin will be managed sustainably. It makes sense to have the Commonwealth take [...]
Popularity: 16% [?]
Darling deal, but devil’s in the detail
Time is running out for the Murray-Darling, but that’s not the only problem the new COAG deal faces.
Popularity: 16% [?]
Popularity: 16% [?]
Waterless urinals could save Alice 604,000 litres: Mayor
The Alice Springs Town Council will vote tonight on whether to install waterless urinals in public toilets to better suit the outback environment.
Popularity: 20% [?]
Popularity: 20% [?]
Water Commission releases ‘post-drought strategy’
More desalinated and recycled water could go into the south-east Queensland water grid under a far-reaching plan unveiled today by the Water Commission.
Popularity: 16% [?]
Popularity: 16% [?]
Murray-Darling Basin plan ‘a long term solution’
Penny Wong says there will be a comprehensive Murray-Darling Basin plan by 2011.
Popularity: 49% [?]
Popularity: 49% [?]