tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post8051470884833776608..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: Your Taxes At WorkBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-67523526683131758342012-03-20T13:59:57.975+11:002012-03-20T13:59:57.975+11:00Try this website www.LakesNeedWater.org that has b...Try this website www.LakesNeedWater.org that has been around for three years chronicling what happened to the Lakes during the last drought when the barrages were shut against the ocean. A local SA group that would like to see the estuary restored.<br /><br />Restoring the estuary would take remedial work, dredging, alternative water infrastructure, etc. Nobody has ever said it was simple. But it would droughtproof the Lakes. <br /><br />There are plenty of historical references to the Lakes as estuaries before all the dairy farmers decided they should be freshwater lakes back in the 1930's.<br /><br />And there are several Google maps showing the location of the barrages.SMhttp://www.lakesneedwater.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-87731733803036217172012-03-15T20:38:29.640+11:002012-03-15T20:38:29.640+11:00Good Point. But we know only too well that the ABC...Good Point. But we know only too well that the ABC is not following a principled course. Consider this quote by the esteemed Mr Boyer, back when the ABC was part of the essential fibre of our nation - I saw the quote in the hate media - sorry, The Australian, today: "It is our hope that national broadcasting may stand solid and serene in the middle of our national life, running no campaign, seeking to persuade no opinion, but presenting the issues freely and fearlessly for the calm judgment of our people."<br />But here we are, in 2012, with the ABC acting as a player, prosecuting its agendum on a daily basis and deserving the scorn we heap upon it just as often. And the latest series of Boyer lectures (2011) were presented as a series of thought bubbles by a former Fairfax journalist.blogstropnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-86408208946256679852012-03-15T18:39:16.477+11:002012-03-15T18:39:16.477+11:00Quite right; it is now nonsense to talk about Andr...Quite right; it is now nonsense to talk about Andrew Bolt as a conservative. To the best of my knowledge Australia doesn't have any conservatives in main stream media.PhillipGeorge(c)2012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-22226728932729080042012-03-15T16:24:13.896+11:002012-03-15T16:24:13.896+11:00To Pedro of Adelaide, suggest you follow the link ...To Pedro of Adelaide, suggest you follow the link http://www.murrayriver.com.au/river-towns/barrages/ which has as the first sub-heading "keeping the seawater out". <br /><br />What is also handy about the link is there is a lovely diagram showing where each barrage is located and how it might keep "the seawater out". While I think the whole issue is not as simplistic as just pulling out/opening the barrages, maybe if you drove further south than ANZAC highway (even if only on Google Earth) your contribution might be more informed.RTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-55657715015331504782012-03-15T14:27:25.640+11:002012-03-15T14:27:25.640+11:00I find this very puzzling. There are two questions...I find this very puzzling. There are two questions which stand out:<br /><br />1) Why are the Media Watch hounds going after Jennifer Morohasy? To the best of my knowledge, she isn't a proprietor of a newspaper, nor is she a journalist.<br /><br />2) Why is the WWF opposed to removing the barriers blocking the Murray River from the sea? I thought these guys were opposed to dams and wanted to let "the rivers run free".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-3812597962948386422012-03-15T10:19:19.065+11:002012-03-15T10:19:19.065+11:00quite right, Aard. The Murray debate is a topic ab...quite right, Aard. The Murray debate is a topic about which, for want of never having looked into it, agnosticism is the only option. Mind you, what Marohasy says makes sense, and it conforms with the arrogant meddling green romantics have inflicted on Victoia, much to the detriment of the High Country in particular.<br /><br />Regardless of the Murray debate, it it is the ABC's willingness to take up the cause of groups its employees support that is shocking here.<br /><br />How many manhours, er personhours have gone into the attempt on Marohasy's character and credibility?<br /><br />How manyy manhours have gone into tracking down riot boy Tony Hodges and his prior contacts with gallery members?<br /><br />I know which of those topics is of more apparent relevance to Media Watch's stated brief. And we all know which of those will never, ever be fodder for Holmes' smugging.Bunyiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-22343694411189322352012-03-15T10:07:36.179+11:002012-03-15T10:07:36.179+11:00Nothing to do with the mouth Pedro?
The barrages s...Nothing to do with the mouth Pedro?<br />The barrages stop the natural interaction between the river and the sea that was not apparent to Flinders (who did not mark a river mouth on his map) but was to Sturt (who recorded an unsuccessful attempt to access the ocean and had to row back upstream). Sturt also noted that the water at the bottom of the lake was salty. And the last time the Murray "slowed to a trickle" was in 1945 near the end of the fearful WW2 drought when, according to the BoM it stopped flowing at Echuca. Thanks to those upstream dams it has flowed ever since.<br />However the Professor's post is not about South Australia's water rights but about the ABC's right to demand answers of Dr Marohasy that it does not demand of others. <br />In the eastern states we recognise that as monumental ignorance.Aard Knoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-28779732205476645482012-03-15T09:41:38.300+11:002012-03-15T09:41:38.300+11:00If this 'planned' programme does make it t...If this 'planned' programme does make it to air,I want Media Watch host, Jonathon Holmes, to explain why Jennifer Morohasy is such a target. I understand she is a Scientist not some hack journalist working for an arm of the media. The show is Media Watch not Science Watch, isn't it?<br /><br />JMHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-91583048823356812142012-03-15T08:23:27.178+11:002012-03-15T08:23:27.178+11:00Professor, Matthew Flinders never 'came across...Professor, Matthew Flinders never 'came across' the Murray mouth. He missed it by several miles.philbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-37975884845855322462012-03-15T07:28:27.427+11:002012-03-15T07:28:27.427+11:00Whilst we continue to arbitrarily fund this lying ...Whilst we continue to arbitrarily fund this lying pack of warmest leftists, we'll continue to put up with the bile they broadcast! Simple as that! Stop funding the bastards, and they'll wither and die!Gravellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503904986628203242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-80411733367179301022012-03-15T00:57:07.440+11:002012-03-15T00:57:07.440+11:00When state-funded psychologists like Lewandowsky c...<i>When state-funded psychologists like Lewandowsky call you crazy for disagreeing with the government’s policy to control the climate? What sort of state do we live in now?</i><br /><br />Why, the same state where the new-conservatives call conservatives homophobes of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-54571588248905562372012-03-15T00:24:19.416+11:002012-03-15T00:24:19.416+11:00The Murray mouth is the same now as in Flinder'...The Murray mouth is the same now as in Flinder's time. Or it would be if modifications up the entire river had not drastically altered the "natural" flow to a trickle. If you want the mouth natural again you will need to remove all the dams and weirs upstream. The 'barrages' which seem to upset people upstream are between the estuarine Coorong and the Lakes. Nothing to do with the mouth. There is a monumental ignorance about the lower Murray in the eastern states. They know little, and care less.<br />Pedro of AdelaideAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-39314056168989964632012-03-15T00:09:50.323+11:002012-03-15T00:09:50.323+11:00Jo Nova nails it. The nasties are in town.Jo Nova nails it. The nasties are in town.Elizabeth (Lizzie) B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-14632882114809382482012-03-14T23:59:39.299+11:002012-03-14T23:59:39.299+11:00The ABC has green bias? Get the T-shirt!
http://ww...The ABC has green bias? Get the T-shirt!<br />http://www.cafepress.com.au/+green-bias-abc+t-shirtsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-13768672520060842682012-03-14T23:55:13.151+11:002012-03-14T23:55:13.151+11:00Interesting when the Age and the ABC quote Jamie P...Interesting when the Age and the ABC quote Jamie Pittock as a "water expert" when almost his entire career has been as an environmental activist with the WWF.<br />http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/bid-to-cut-risk-of-floods-20120305-1uehn.html<br /><br />http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/qld-floods-jamie-pittock/3013374<br /><br />http://ussc.edu.au/people/jamie-pittockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-25159196699715243902012-03-14T23:30:44.247+11:002012-03-14T23:30:44.247+11:00Now all we need to say is "Fabian", and ...Now all we need to say is "Fabian", and the intellectual journey will have arrived.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-27191790334783085382012-03-14T23:07:31.889+11:002012-03-14T23:07:31.889+11:00"Conflicts of interest, bank backflips, decei...<i>"Conflicts of interest, bank backflips, deceit, misrepresentation, manipulation, plagiarism, abuse of power, technical lies and straight out fraud: Media Watch has built an unrivalled record of exposing media shenanigans since it first went to air in 1989."</i><br /><br />Except of course when none of the above apply and we just want to smear you because you disagree with the governments agenda, in which case we'll keep digging until we find something ... anything ... come on guys ... there must be some dirt!Baldrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01670220770151333837noreply@blogger.com