tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1052331249465415794.post8549264192076148047..comments2023-11-28T00:11:38.855+11:00Comments on The Network: View of the Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan…from the Redgum Campaign FrontBrigidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07862531789968068093noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1052331249465415794.post-87104969742658973332010-10-09T10:15:34.295+11:002010-10-09T10:15:34.295+11:00Some months ago, I was told by someone who had jus...Some months ago, I was told by someone who had just been up the Murray near Swan Hill that you could go past acres and acres of brown and then miles and miles of green. The green was the property of those holding extensive water licences. The have and have nots in water will become increasingly visible - not only in the bush but in cities and towns as the price of water rises. <br /><br />Re Caroline's comment, I did see quite a bit of Paul Sinclair, the ACF's "river man". And a good place to go is the ABC's Environment site at http://www.abc.net.au/environment/.<br /><br />However, I think the irrigators are allowed quite a few squawks. They are going to be the first and most affected. They will have to face the facts that some crops - like cotton and rice which gobble up water - may be discontinued in Australia or, at least, in the MDB. As long as balance of voices continues, and the general public will have to see to that. <br /><br />There was much discussion about the impact on towns and businesses but unfortunately we did not hear from those folk at all. Perhaps they feel their position is too sensitive for them to speak publicly at this stage. I do hope people get to the Community Events. This is where the views of people will be seen and heard in the first instance.Brigidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862531789968068093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1052331249465415794.post-44679245227287398082010-10-09T09:32:18.651+11:002010-10-09T09:32:18.651+11:00Good to see someone "holding the line" f...Good to see someone "holding the line" for the Environment.<br />Caroline Graham has commented on the lack of environmental commentary in the ABC - dominated by outrage from the irrigators.<br />Your earlier comments on "structural adjustment" had me thinking, last night. You will recall seeing vines dying and grapes not harvested near Wentworth. That was farmers walking off the ground, or not bothering to harvest because of over-planting or over-production.<br />In that case, "structural adjustment" was occurring naturally, as a result of market forces.<br />Every abandoned farm is a domestic disaster, of course. But it has happened previously, with the Soldier Settler Scheme. A program with an extraordinary failure rate, and a few success stories.<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.com