Australian National Review - Katter and NSW Country MP Call for Shake-up of Nation's Lack of Water Management

Katter and NSW country MP call for shake-up of nation's lack of water management

QUEENSLAND MP Robbie Katter and NSW MP Helen Dalton have revealed why Australia needs to take a national approach to water management and implement something like the old Bradfield Scheme. Mrs Dalton, the Independent Member for Murray, has called for a Royal Commission on the use of water in the Murray Darling Basin. She says […] The post Katter and NSW country MP call for shake-up of nation’s lack of water management appeared first on cairnsnew…

Australian National Review - Katter and NSW country MP call for shake-up of nation's lack of water management

Copperfield River at Einasleigh, NW Queensland in a near record flood runs into the Gilbert River and then into the Gulf of Carpentaria. Billions of litres of wasted water which could be utilised under the 1938 Bradfield Scheme to turn annual floodwaters inland for agricultural use Member for Murray, Helen Dalton QUEENSLAND MP Robbie Katter and NSW MP Helen Dalton have revealed why Australia needs to take a national approach to water management…