PM committed to saving the Murray Darling

Saturday, 05 July 2008

I heard Half Nelson saying Rudd hadn't done enough for the Murray in his 7 months in office. What on Earth did the COALition do in 12 years, oh yeah, the got it to this stage. It's time Nelson stopped this politically expedient grandstanding and started saying what the COALition would do if it were in power. Oh that's right, they would just destroy the environment like they always do.

Posted by: Graeme Henderson, Darling Downs

Saturday, 05 July 2008

Desmond Harris, I could say You're joking, but having seen so many of your posts I simply conclude that you're a joke. Howard-Costello and these idiots in the opposition have done nothing for the Murray except some posturing at the end of their tenure. They were booted for good reason, you noisy minorities are just annoyed because your desire to destroy the natural world is under threat.

Posted by: Graeme Henderson, Darling Downs

Saturday, 05 July 2008

screw globle warming i reckon if you used your half a brain to try an think money cant make the clounds fall and there is no other countrey that manufactures the stuff so why bother waisting our tax payers money if you really wanted to make good with rural australia cut the high fuel prices because tractors dont run on air an cattle dont live off dirt an australia wont take any part in the import of beef

Posted by: derek hall, orange

Saturday, 05 July 2008

The Murray is dying because of IGNORANT farming practices over the last 150 yrs odd!. Fertiliser and chemical run off has done it's share of harm, As well as the Huge Volumes of water pumped for the Cotton Industry. The fact that our governments over the years have only had their eyes on self gratification and inaction, is mute to the point of where it is now. Perhaps we should look at blowing the many locks on the river and let it flush itself out.To blame climate is absurdity.

Posted by: nick macdonald, maryborough

Sunday, 06 July 2008

Only rain will fix the Murray-Darling basin, not money. A decent amount of rain is predicted over that area in the coming days. If it does rain obviously it won't be enough. More follow up rain will be need shortly after and repeatedly. So let’s say it does rain over the coming weeks, months and years and the Murray-Darling is okay again in a relative short amount of time because of the amount of rain it has received. It wouldn't surprise me if this Government actually took credit for the rain, which of course they have nothing to do with, but that won’t stop them trying anyway.

Posted by: Phil A, Central Coast

Sunday, 06 July 2008

Derek of Orange, the Farmers should be recieving the same fuel subsidy as the Mining and Exploration sector already. No matter how cheap the fuel is, with out rain, you can plow till the cows come home. No rain no grow!. The murray must be freed to clean itself out, perhaps this could be done when the rains are actually filling it up?

Posted by: nick Macdonald, Maryborough.

Monday, 07 July 2008

Let's just follow Alan Jones advice. Pump the excess water from the East Coast Rivers.There would be plenty of water for the irrigators, the wetlands and clean the inland rivers out. If there are heavy falls of rain inland then turn the taps off, to minimize the flow. But no. the pollies have to create Bureaucracies to waste money, time and destroy the economy.

Posted by: Freddie Patt, Orange County

Monday, 07 July 2008

Most people point their fingers at the cotton and rice industries, but figures would reveal that the real squanderers of irrigation water is our livestock industries and their fodder. Dairy is the most user of water, using nearly half of our irrigation water. While most people enjoy their milk, cheese and ice-creams, dairy exports are also heavily boosting our economy and taking our water! There should be a ban on dairy exports, the first irrigation cap! Dairy is unsustainable.

Posted by: Vivienne Ortega, Heidelberg Heights