Perhaps,instead of bothering about pipe dream schemes that are highly unlikely to ever occur, we should be concerned about who is using our water and what for. Although China is now the largest foreign owner of Australian land, the government is refusing to release the Water Register.

All foreigners are required to register their interests in registrable water entitlements and contractual water rights.

Despite requests for the information by Australian Conservatives, the Register, which was supposed to have been released before the end of this sitting year, has failed to materialise

Belly and Foxy why have you not welcomed your idol nicknamenick back under his original name Saltpetre

Philip S you can do better than this
Look at the poster who wants in one post to stop the thread
Then in another post wants to divert it in to a racist rant
You show signs of a very bright mind, but too seem to need to needle
Why
Will it in any way help get your view across
If saltpeter is NNN has he a lessor right than you to his opinions?
Can it be he/she is a lesser person just because you do not agree with the posting style?
In the end this is a discussion forum,each view has a right to be heard

So how do we know that Saltpetre is nicknamenick? Apart from Saltpetre's posts being too long and boring to read, nicknamemick's were short and complelty meaningless. No similarity. Who cares anyway? What happened to the topic?

Belly,
Didn't you notice the wink ? Anyhow, your point was that it can & should be done & I agree.

Hasbeen,
I recall talk about a test done with dye in PNG & it apparently came out in the Jardine river.
The whole debate here appears to degrade into a slanging match about cost vs what's good to improve some of the arid interior.
Pumping keeps cropping up but I ask, is pumping really necessary ? Excess flood water could be diverted into creek beds on the western side of the GDR. of course the'd be a need for the odd channel or tunnel but in general as long as water runs west of the GDR all is good.
The east coast has so much run-off that could be stored in big lagoons that could double as recreational lakes. for such, obviously pumping would be required. Much of the cost could be recovered by real estate along with recreational infrastructure.
One of the better things to come of such planning would be that periodical flooding could be reduced to a no-damage level. Parallel flood canals to large rivers could be used as canal real estate. The options are more promising than insurance payouts every season.

Steele redux,
Academic mentality was healthy then, unlike now.

Belly Quote "Look at the poster who wants in one post to stop the thread
Then in another post wants to divert it in to a racist rant"

Q1 Evidence please, where do I want to stop the thread?
Delusional, you are the one ranting about racism. To make you look more biased YOU are the only one to bring racism into the thread. http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=8560&page=0

Q2 ** More evidence needed Please point out which parts of the thread are a "racist rant"? **
I expect like usual you will fail to answer my questions especially the one above here Q2.

Q3 Belly Quote "If saltpeter is NNN has he a lessor right than you to his opinions?"

Like usual you read one thing and interpret it to mean something else.
I stated "Belly and Foxy why have you not welcomed your idol nicknamenick back under his original name Saltpetre"

Q5** Please show me where it states or even implies that he has no right to an opinion or even is not able to post here? **


ttbn Click on the little head icon bottom left for Saltpetre then open another pge open forum again find under user list nicknamenick compare the two.

The original posts here were fro an intelligent and educated person, his last one gives the game away when comparing history of both of them.

He originally open here under Saltpetre 31-03-2011 then opened under nicknamenick 17/09/2015

nicknamenick stopped posting here 5/12/2018

Saltpetre restarted posting regularly here after a 2 year gap on 5/12/2018 (5 minor post few days before) Left the forum 9/08/2016

Quote "Aus is getting a Space Agency, Branson is offering zips into near space, and NASA and the Ruskie's are heading for colonies on Mars.
Exodus the fallen garden.
How terribly smart we are - not content with what's in our laps, smashing it, like so many spoiled and conceited undisciplined children, moving on, pushing aside. Me, me!
Hell is already here."
** That has NNN written all thru it. **

Quote "Who cares anyway?" If you don't care why ask the question?