The look on gillards face in the house yesterday..said it allThe...

The look on gillards face in the house yesterday..said it all
The ALP is in deep, deep trouble .

Money can no longer buy you luv.

As mentioned a large section of the greens support want environmental results, the government when questioned about the money and results in the murray darling had no answers.
the ol payolla system is going to get shaken to the core.
the moderate greenies want things fixed ,and those will prevail,there other section that would like to see humans revert back to the cave haven't got a hope.
For the greens to survive now they have to satisfy the main stream, and for the ALP to survive they actually have to start producing something positive..
like I said there going to eat each other alive !

here's some of what Turnbull had to say ..today


We ( the howard gov ) allocated $3 billion to water buybacks and structural adjustment. This was to be used in a targeted way, in conjunction with infrastructure modernisation. Our vision was to support the reconfiguration of irrigation districts into more water-efficient operations, with buyback funds used to help retire non-viable areas at the end of isolated channels or in salt-affected areas.

Farmers are very aware of the unreliability of water in our "land of droughts and flooding rains". But unlike dryland farmers, irrigators have for many years been largely insulated by the great dams providing water in dry times. But a combination of drought and overallocation left the dams nearly running dry.

Investing in water-saving infrastructure, piping and lining channels, using sub-soil dripper tape instead of flood irrigation - these and other techniques offer real hope for irrigated agriculture even in drier and hotter times.

By taking the easy road of buying water back, rather than investing in making every drop count, Labor has only paid lip service to the Coalition's National Plan for Water Security.