[Marxism] Australia: Murray-Darling farmers face water shut-off

[Alan Bradley <alanb1000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Australia has been facing a major climate change
related water crisis for quite a while now, and it's
starting to really hit home. Here is one aspect of it.

The Murray-Darling basin is of course one of the major
agricultural producing areas in a major agricultural
producing nation. In ecological terms, the
Murray-Darling system is a rough equivalent of the
Mississipi, the Ganges or the Danube.

(Follow the links on the page for more on the story.)

>From the ABC website:
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Last Update: Thursday, April 19, 2007. 10:44am (AEST)

Murray-Darling farmers face water shut-off

Prime Minister John Howard says irrigation water for
farmers in the Murray-Darling Basin will be cut off if
there is no significant rain in the next six to eight
weeks.

Mr Howard says the basin is suffering from an
"unprecedentedly dangerous" water shortage but water
will continue to be available for "critical urban"
water supplies.

The Prime Minister was speaking after receiving a
report from experts which was sent to him and to state
premiers.

Rest at:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1901202.htm

There are also an interesting link related to
Industrial Relations on the page.

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