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Monday, June 27

And the money keeps flowing - PM promises $5.4 billion for NQ dam

The federal government has announced funding of $5.4 billion to build the Hells Gates Dam in north Queensland, creating more than 7000 jobs and opening up irrigation across three agricultural zones in the Burdekin.

Recycled water back in the pipeline in new push for Wivenhoe water grid

The Lockyer Valley region, regarded as Australia’s “salad bowl”, plans to supercharge its agricultural and horticultural industries by resurrecting the state’s mothballed recycled water plant and using a 300km network of pipelines connected to south-east Queensland’s existing water grid.

The LNP claims the scheme would irrigate the vast Queensland inland.

Academics pour cold water on Bradfield Scheme: It won't work

The Bradfield Scheme has been raised as a panacea to vast areas of inland Queensland stuck in crippling drought, but academics who have looked at the plan think it would be an economic and financial disaster.

All the rivers run: Darling meets Murray for first time in two years

After wonderful drenching rain in recent months, the Darling River is flowing again for the first time in two years.