“And when the mines are finished and the water is all gone we will be left with an arid desert.”
We should really know better than let it come to this!
This is not right….
THE TRAGEDY OF A NATION:
WHEN GOVERNMENT BECOMES THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE:
We have posted a link to Peter Wellingtons (Qld Ind) page where he refers to the decision in Qld Parliament last night to give mining companies unfettered access to the water of the Great Artesian Basin.
It now seems clear that the plan of the Abbott Federal Government and both the Baird Government in NSW and the Seeney Newman Government in Qld is to mine all the productive farmland and give all the available water across to the mining and coal seam gas companies.
Since there are no genuine attempts being to help the tragic plight of our drought stricken farmers, it would seem that the next part of that plan to simply allow the banks to sell them off and…
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AuntyUta 
This is going to hurt more than just the farmers. If you allow the oil and gas companies to contaminate the water used to support agriculture, a lot of people are going to go hungry.
Water is so precious. Contamination of water I regard as a crime. I do not know the background and who collaborates with whom. I just think in matters like these there should be an opposition in parliament who can prevent the worst.