CONSERVATION out of control would be an apt description of water buybacks across irrigation areas.
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Not only has the irrigation system in some areas been made non viable, or only marginally viable, but rural towns have been hit as high production farms close down and people leave town.
The money was too good for some so they fled.
The bureaucratic idiots who plundered the treasury to buy water did so without any idea of the impact this would have on rural communities and no plan as to how the water could be used in to assist the environment.
Now the penny has dropped with realisation that increased flows will impact on landholders along the rivers. Easy said the bureaucrats, we will compensate for any flooding. Money grows on trees.
Modelling now shows that this will cost millions, and this also opens the gate for litigation.
Of course the environmentalists are never wrong and you can bet those very same have an entrenched position on global warming. The words of the week for environmentalists as water laps their ankles are Barmah Choke.
Takeover
Talk about a technology takeover.
A charity auction bale of wool, made up from donated Gippsland fleeces, has bridged the technology gap not testing but “texting” 18.6 micron, 73.9 per cent yield, staple length of 101mm and strength of 40 Newtons per kilotex. Well that is what it says in a publication.
Little substance
“We will all be rooned said Harahan”
These words are so apt with headline news recently that our honey is loaded with toxins and our salt is full of plastic.
However when you dig deeper these statements have little substance.
There are no instances of fatalities but the media once again has headlined foodstuffs.
The honey industry was caught off guard and the response about salt was that we consume too much anyhow. Just another bite on the bum for food production.