http://hurrysavethemurray.com Calling All Australians Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:17:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Members of the Our Rivers, Our Lifeblood meet with Minister Burke in Canberra. http://hurrysavethemurray.com/2011/11/8-november-2011-roundtable-with-minister/ Confused about the numbers. 7 November: Friends of the Earth and the Inland Rivers Network have released their Guide to the Murray-Darling Basin: How much water does the Murray-Darling Basin need, and where? The document provides a visually engaging snapshot of what is at stake for the environment in the upcoming Draft ... http://hurrysavethemurray.com/2011/11/7-november-2011-a-real-plan/ As the date for the release of the Draft approaches, the lines are being drawn and the media is finding conflict a plenty: state against state; state against commonwealth; irrigators versus environmentalist. 12 November 2011: Farmers and buy-backs 7 November 2011: SA Irrigators off to the High Court 7 November 2011: River Plan ... http://hurrysavethemurray.com/2011/11/november-2011-political-moves/ According to the communique of the Ministerial Council, 4 November 2011,  the Draft Plan for the Murray-Darling Basin will be released by the MDB Authority on Monday 28 November 2011 and a 20 week consultation period will begin. Christmas is coming and so is a Draft Plan for the Murray-Darling ... http://hurrysavethemurray.com/2011/11/4-november-2011-draft-delayed/ On 4 October members of the Our River, Our Lifeblood Alliance were briefed by the MDBA in a session that followed the details of the 'current thinking' of the YouTube video of MDBA Chair Craig Knowles regarding the Draft Plan. The concerns of Alliance members regarding that briefing are reflected ... http://hurrysavethemurray.com/2011/11/october-2011-mdba-news/ From the Ground Up: Are we fracked? YouTube of the entire Forum now on line Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7. Part 8. Part 9. On the 29th of September some 150 concerned South Australians packed the Bradley Forum at the Hawke Centre to engage ... http://hurrysavethemurray.com/2011/10/csg-forum-report/ A FORUM ON COAL SEAM GAS From the Ground Up: Are we fracked? [flickr]photo:6185148618[/flickr] 29 September 2011 Bradley Forum, Level Five, Hawke Building,  UniSa, City West Campus, 50-55 North Terrace, Adelaide 5.00pm Gather in the foyer, explore the maps and posters, meet and greet 5.30pm Welcome to Country ... http://hurrysavethemurray.com/2011/09/forum-programme/ From the ground up: Are we fracked? A Forum on Coal Seam Gas Mining 5.00pm for a 5.30pm start until 7.30pm, Thursday 29 September, 2011 Bradley Forum, UniSA City West campus, Hawke Building level 5, 50-55 North Terrace, Adelaide REGISTER NOW: waterapps@me.com Coal Seam Gas mining is emerging as a serious threat ... http://hurrysavethemurray.com/2011/09/upcoming-event-29-september-2011/ Today, sixteen members of 'Voices for the Murray-Darling' met with Minister Tony Burke in Parliament House. We each spoke of our concerns for our particular regions and there was clear consensus that the Draft Plan being prepared by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority and due to be released in November must ... http://hurrysavethemurray.com/2011/09/23-august-2011-roundtable-with-the-minister/ In June 2011, the Australian Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities issued a Discussion Paper: A Proposed Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Framework for use of Commonwealth Environmental Water in the Murray-Darling Basin. Public comment was invited, due 15 July - one never gets much time to reflect, research ... http://hurrysavethemurray.com/2011/07/19-july-2011-environmental-water/