Hurry Save The Murray!

In a Media Statement, the Ngarrindjeri speak of their pain and loss that will be a consequence of the construction of Regulators across their sacred waters.

“Through their representative bodies, the Ngarrindjeri Tendi Inc, Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee Inc, and Ngarrindjeri Native Title Management Committee, the Ngarrindjeri people state that the construction of the regulators at Clayton Bay and across the Finniss River and Currency Creek will result in the damage, disturbance and interference with their lands, waters and sky.

“We will suffer pain and loss as a result of the actions of the State in proceeding with construction of these regulators,” said Tom Trevorrow, Chair of the Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee Inc. “In January 2009, we said that we did not support a weir at Clayton and that we supported an holistic approach to the problems occurring in the River, Lower Lakes and Coorong due to over allocation of water. That is still our position, but now there are three regulators that will cut up our country and waters.” Continue reading media-release-ngarrindjeri-18-june-09