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Prospector

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So, today on twitter Rann announces the next state election day will be 20 March 2010 AND

on the same day announces that the SA Government will launch a High Court battle for upstream states to release more water into the Murray

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25142957-5006301,00.html#comments

He obviously thinks water will be an election issue.

The only trouble is, the deadline to build a weir, and flood the lower Murray lakes with seawater (which will basically kill all the flora and fauna 50 kms upstream) is in April 2009, which means that once again, the only people to win from this High Court battle will be the lawyers.

And so much for the Monumental agreement signed by Rudd et al; which was obviously just the ruse to get a good photo opportunity.

I just hope the electorate dont buy it!

And while I am on SA's water issue; one of the Councils has implemented storm water retrieval for his Council; they can sell water cheaper than SA Water as a result. But our Govt refuses to even look at it - why? Because it will bring down the cost of water and the Govt needs this money for its budget. This scheme would supply enough water for us not to need the Murray, and no de-sal plant.

Chops a Must was right after all!
 

Prospector, I have lost all faith in politicians and governments. Political issues do not concern me anymore. There is just way way to much crap out there for me to handle. I look forward to the day when I can get out of this god forsaken country, and move to an island in the middle of the ocean, away from all the incompetence that is so abundant in Australia (and similar countries).

Ignorance is bliss.
 
Prospector, will whatever it was that Nick Xenophon negotiated for the Murray in exchange for dealing with the government recently make any difference/help at all?
How is he viewed in S.A.? He comes across in a general sense as pretty reasonable.
 
liars and thieves.

there is no difference between standover men and governments. both force you to give you half your money and in return just get told youre being 'protected'.

then once they get that money, they spend it like its not theirs; which its not. and it gets wasted on things you could only waste it on if it wasnt your money.
 
revolving door corporates.

corporations control government. so no, you cant trust politicians.

'the role of government is to pretend to fail..'

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Ok, a little bit of an update. The problem for SA buying water is that Victoria has put a cap on this at 4% which means that 96% of water is unsaleable, even though farmers want to sell it. The basis of the High Court challenge is that this is restraint of free trade between States. Which also basically means the Historic agreement Rann has puffed himself up on is a total waste of time. And he would have known that when he signed the bloody thing!

To make this agreement issue worse, any incoming State Govt can renege on it; and the potential incumbent for Qld is saying he will do just that!

Yet last year we had all the love fests and photo shoots talking about this Historic Agreement when in reality they all knew it was a piece of dog pooh!

Julia, you are right, Nick has the money, but the thing is, no-one is allowed to sell it!

SA has an excellent case because that is what the High Court is all about - freeing up state boundaries. But it should have happened years ago!
 
One can only assume the majority of people are happy , after all we get the Government we deserve. I lost any faith over 2 decades ago and have seen nothing change.

Any Country that is happy to vote a full time bureaucrat into the office of Primeminister, truly do deserve the Government(s) they get.

I don't blame Politicians at all, I look around me and lay the blame squarely at the feet of the voters.
 
we could sell some of the water floating around up here in north queensland at the moment! then again, im sure we might just need it ...

jonny
 
jonnycage said:
we could sell some of the water floating around up here in north queensland at the moment! then again, im sure we might just need it ...

jonny
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Oh Jonny, dont want to hear about your water lying around. Do you know that the Qld premier has said that not one drop of water is going to be allowed south, so they have ramped up the selling of water licences! Rudd, just damn well do something! Oh yeah, he is a banana bender too, isnt he!
 
I understand your point, Trevor, but usually governments get voted out rather than in, i.e. in the forthcoming Qld election, I'm so sick of Labor and all their stuff-ups I will vote for the LNP, but I have little faith that they will be much better. So far there are no viable Independent candidates.
 
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