Murray River
Posted by: supababe
1st Jun 2009 11:47pm
Why are we still waiting?
We have had countless media reports about the river dying, the water drying up and the water going alkaline, but what exactly is being done?
The government still want to build the weir at Clayton/Wellington, but is this just another bandaid, or will it make matters worse like ecologists are saying?
What about the millions of dollars that was allocated with the John Howard government, has it been spend or was it shelved with the new government?
Nick Xenathon stalled the stimulus packages until a deal was met for the river, was happened with that?
What the??
We have had countless media reports about the river dying, the water drying up and the water going alkaline, but what exactly is being done?
The government still want to build the weir at Clayton/Wellington, but is this just another bandaid, or will it make matters worse like ecologists are saying?
What about the millions of dollars that was allocated with the John Howard government, has it been spend or was it shelved with the new government?
Nick Xenathon stalled the stimulus packages until a deal was met for the river, was happened with that?
What the??
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