Proposing this as a nation-building exercise.
Run a canal connection Lake Eyre to the sea.
A vast inlet would create new habitat, and also increase greatly the evaporation and then I'm assuming rainfall over the continent.
Maybe triggering a huge increase in arable land and changing our climate for the better.
http://larryhannigan.com/lakeeyre.htm
http://www.k26.com/eyre/the_lake/ideas/fill_lake_eyre_/fill_the_lake.html
We could also harvest the salt and take over salt production in the entire world.
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Build_SIPHON_Pipeline_from_Ocean_to_Lake_Eyre/?pv=17
I'm pouring my money into this bloke, he's on a winner.
