Victorian desalination plant will cost users $1.2bn by the election,, page-8

The Libs planned on building more dams during the drought to drought proof Victoria - ROFL

Yeah - how stupid was that idea? Look what happened last time they did it

On 31 July 1984, the newly-built Thomson Dam was officially included in Melbourne's total water storages, more than doubling storage capacity. Still virtually empty when factored in, Thomson's size dragged down the city's storage levels from 65% to 26% overnight.
With a capacity almost four times that of Melbourne's next biggest reservoir, the Thomson was designed as a drought reserve – to be built up in wet years and used in dry years. It has been full three times: 1992, 1993 and 1996.

http://www.melbournewater.com.au/ab...-system/pages/history-of-the-thomson-dam.aspx