Fudging Figures on Murray River Salinity: More Shame on CSIRO
http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/001387.html

I was appalled by their corruption and disregard of facts and honesty.

On reflection, the state’s current political leaders make the late Russ Hinze look positively David Attenboroughish in terms of their regard for Queensland’s rivers. They have a raft of destructive new river projects on their books right throughout Queensland that is extensive enough to allow any cabinet member who so wishes to have a new dam or pipeline named in their dishonour (a la Hinze Dam and Bjielke-Peterson dam). All on borrowed money, in a State which is deeply in debt, and which cannot properly support its current health and education commitments.

The only place that there seems to be any concern for the environment is in the media cant and hypocritical greenwash directed at voters in suburban Brisbane. Visit anywhere else in this state and you will see this government simply bending over backwards to provide water, power and transport infrastructure directly from the taxpayers pockets for the direct benefit of large corporate interests, at the expense of local people, local landscapes and the next generation’s access to rivers and coastlines.

We have top-class people working in our government departments and research institutions. We know exactly what we can do to provide cost-effective reliable water for the citizens of SE Queensland, while also preserving and improving the state of our rivers for the benefit of the generations to follow us. The Traveston Crossing Dam issue is a line in the sands of the Mary Valley. There is a huge opportunity here to NOT take this backwards step along the same mistaken ways which have destroyed our rivers in the past, turn around, and take a huge step forward instead. Lets hope the Smart State and it’s federal watchdog are smart enough to seize the opportunity while we still have it.

...] all the way to Sydney to take the message directly to Environment Minister Peter Garrett.  Check out this post on Crikey about the long kayak trips and the even longer campaign against the dam. [...