Despite The Daily Examiner reporting today that the Federal Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Eric Abetz had recently informed the Clarence River Fishermen's Co-operative that a Howard-Vaile Government would never build a dam on the Clarence River, this post in A Clarence Valley Protest places the senator's assurances in a less than favourable light.
"Today the Prime Minister released the C'wealth Water Commission first biennial assessment of the National Water Initiative.
This documents states that there should "be consideration all water supply options".
See:
http://www.nwc.gov.au/nwi/biennial_assessment/
overall_findings.cfm
It further recommends removal of '"policy bans" on any water supply option and require objective consideration of all options (including recycled water, desalination, rural-to-urban trade, new dams, inter-basin transfers, and cross-border transfers)'.
See:
http://www.nwc.gov.au/nwi/biennial_assessment/
recommendations_to_coag.cfm
It seems that no matter what the considered opinion of the Clarence Valley community is, in relation to the inadvisability of interbasin water transfer, the Howard Government will not be brooked in its desire to steal our freshwater.
Full copy of the Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative:
http://www.nwc.gov.au/nwi/docs/
iga_national_water_initiative.pdf"
This documents states that there should "be consideration all water supply options".
See:
http://www.nwc.gov.au/nwi/biennial_assessment/
overall_findings.cfm
It further recommends removal of '"policy bans" on any water supply option and require objective consideration of all options (including recycled water, desalination, rural-to-urban trade, new dams, inter-basin transfers, and cross-border transfers)'.
See:
http://www.nwc.gov.au/nwi/biennial_assessment/
recommendations_to_coag.cfm
It seems that no matter what the considered opinion of the Clarence Valley community is, in relation to the inadvisability of interbasin water transfer, the Howard Government will not be brooked in its desire to steal our freshwater.
Full copy of the Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative:
http://www.nwc.gov.au/nwi/docs/
iga_national_water_initiative.pdf"
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