Saving the Murray Darling Basin from the Highway to Hell

Keynote speakers: Professor Peter Gell, Darren De Bortoli, Jason Limbrick, Helen Dalton, David Farley

After 14 years of the Basin Plan, nearly $13 billion dollars of taxpayers’ money spent and 4,622 GL of environmental water available for use, we are seeing the ongoing failure of the Murray Darling Basin Plan to achieve the aspirational assumptions which passed into legislation prior to any scientific knowledge showing whether these idealistic aims were in reality possible.

We are heartily sick of being told the modelling tells us so.

Modelling is not a proven science.

Modelling merely provides an opportunity to test new ideas and management strategies.

The Albanese Government with various Water Ministers at the helm have focussed on a “just add more water” strategy believing that this will improve environmental conditions throughout our river systems.