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December 6, 2010
The toxic black water event still scaring the Barmah Forest has been highlighted by Sharman Stone, Federal Member for Murray in a recent speech in parliament where she called for the Murray Darling Basin Plan to ensure the skilled, carefully managed handling of environmental flows.
“For the past two and a half months the biggest red gum forest in the world, Barmah Millewa, which includes ... Click here for full story
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December 1, 2010
The Rudd Labor Government announced it would spend another $300 million on water buy backs last week. They are targeting Murray, Goulburn, Loddon and Campaspe systems for the buy back.
Dr Sharman Stone, Federal Member for Murray, said it was a great shame the Government hadn’t put their untargeted buy backs on hold until the Murray Darling Basin Plan had been finalised.
“Th... Click here for full story
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November 30, 2010
The only truly rural electorate to change hands from Labor to Liberal in Victoria on Saturday and with a massive swing too was Seymour. This swing was a resounding NO vote for the North-South Pipeline, that ultimate Bracks/Brumby folly which pilfered water from food producers and family farms, pushing it up and over the Great Dividing Range to a capital city that did not care to recycle or harvest... Click here for full story
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