Save The Murray
RIVER NEWS
Growers say water cuts will cripple Basin
GROWERS say the Murray-Darling Basin plan will cripple South Australia's $1.5 billion food bowl - cutting food production and populations by up to a third.
Murray water plan falls short
A CONTROVERSIAL blueprint intended to save the Murray-Darling Basin will not deliver enough water to restore the system to full health, South Australia has warned.
Be water wise - other's aren't
SOUTH Australia is in danger of being left behind in the final Murray-Darling Basin plan amid political change in the eastern states, environmentalists fear.
Lower Lakes filling to the brim
THE long-suffering Lower Lakes are more than 90 per cent full - and there's more water on the way.
Now it's Bob Katter - rainman
A PLAN to return billions of litres of water to the River Murray will be introduced into Parliament by maverick Queensland MP Bob Katter and Senator Nick Xenophon.
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY
Ian Kowalick - Murray Darling Basin Commissioner
INDEPENDENT Murray Darling Basin Commissioner Ian Kowalick says the problems are critical in all rivers throughout the system.
Carol Vincent - SA Farmers Federation chief
CAROL Vincent, chief executive of the South Australian Farmers Federation, talks about metropolitan water users who still don't "get it".
Julie Pettett - Conservation Council chief
JULIE Pettett, chief executive of the Conservation Council, says salt water will only hasten the deterioration of the Lower Lakes.
Peter Owen - Wilderness Society SA
PETER Owen, Wilderness Society SA campaign manager, says Australia is failing dismally in its obligations to the Lower Lakes and Coorong.
Maude Barlow - UN water adviser
ON a recent trip to Australia, I toured the Lower Lakes of the Murray Darling Basin by land and air and was devastated with what I saw.
GALLERIES
Murray River banks collapse
See the dramatic pictures as sections of the Murray River bank collapse into the river due to the effects of the drought.
MULTIMEDIA
Will the plan really work?
Greg Kelton analyses the long-awaited report into the future of the Murray-Darling Basin.
New life at the Lower Lakes
Water has finally returned to the Lower Lakes - and it's a region transformed from the grim scenes of the past few years.
News
Driver dies in high-speed horror
THE impact of a fatal Seaton smash was so violent that a car destroyed a Stobie pole after bouncing off a bus during what police have been told was a race.
Sport
Johnson axed for second Test
MITCHELL Johnson says he feels "mentally fine" with his bowling after losing his place in the Australian side for the second Ashes Test.
LATEST PHOTO GALLERIES
Victor Harbor Schoolies 2010
MAC Photo Booth, Schoolies, Victor Harbor Schoolies, Victor Harbor 2010
Miners killed in NZ disaster
A second explosion has left no hope of finding 29 men trapped in a New Zealand mine alive.
New chimp enclosure at Monarto Zoo
Four female chimpanzees from The Netherlands went on public display for the first time at Monarto Zoo today.
Miss South Australia
Organisers of the Miss South Australia contest are celebrating 60 years with an exhibition at UniSA's City Campus
