Comments on: A community written Basin Plan? http://blog.litfuse.com.au/2010/02/07/a-community-written-basin-plan/ Igniting Ideas Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dave http://blog.litfuse.com.au/2010/02/07/a-community-written-basin-plan/#comment-928 Dave Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:00:00 +0000 http://blog.litfuse.com.au/?p=261#comment-928 So in the democratic country that we live in, you will have the government come in, make decisions, change peoples livelihoods up and down that basin without the science or study to back it up? You want a government that makes rash decisions to fix one part of a 1-million sq kilometer basin while not paying any attention to the rest of the basin? It is sometimes unfortunate that governments must make evidence based decisions (esp when you can see the river in front of you dying) however, I would much prefer this that a knee-jerk reaction. What happens when one community's interests clash with another? You step up the size of the community. Then it happens again, then you have state run systems. And that's what got us into this mess in the first place. The commonwealth are doing the right thing by taking over the murray-darling, but we must give them the time such a mammoth task requires. Get involved, engage with them, give them constructive submissions when they call for them. Don't diss them for coming out and trying to meet with us before they had to (ie: the formal submission period) So in the democratic country that we live in, you will have the government come in, make decisions, change peoples livelihoods up and down that basin without the science or study to back it up?

You want a government that makes rash decisions to fix one part of a 1-million sq kilometer basin while not paying any attention to the rest of the basin?

It is sometimes unfortunate that governments must make evidence based decisions (esp when you can see the river in front of you dying) however, I would much prefer this that a knee-jerk reaction.

What happens when one community’s interests clash with another? You step up the size of the community. Then it happens again, then you have state run systems. And that’s what got us into this mess in the first place. The commonwealth are doing the right thing by taking over the murray-darling, but we must give them the time such a mammoth task requires.

Get involved, engage with them, give them constructive submissions when they call for them. Don’t diss them for coming out and trying to meet with us before they had to (ie: the formal submission period)

]]> By: Susan http://blog.litfuse.com.au/2010/02/07/a-community-written-basin-plan/#comment-891 Susan Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:08:22 +0000 http://blog.litfuse.com.au/?p=261#comment-891 Have you seen the website www.LakesNeedWater.org? This community group is proposing that we can get started now on helping the Lower Lakes by returning the Lakes to estuaries. The reality is that the barrages are making the environmental problems worse. The website has maps, news articles, letters, etc. as information to back up this proposal. Have you seen the website http://www.LakesNeedWater.org? This community group is proposing that we can get started now on helping the Lower Lakes by returning the Lakes to estuaries. The reality is that the barrages are making the environmental problems worse. The website has maps, news articles, letters, etc. as information to back up this proposal.

]]> By: Peter R. Smith OAM http://blog.litfuse.com.au/2010/02/07/a-community-written-basin-plan/#comment-890 Peter R. Smith OAM Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:16:08 +0000 http://blog.litfuse.com.au/?p=261#comment-890 I too attended that meeting and like many people you attended it with the idea as to what or why it was called. The MDBA wanted to explain their process so the public would know of the process that lay ahead. When the MDBA plan for community cosultation that is when we must have input and then after Wong and her other colleagues and bloody public servants alter it to their liking we must have the guts to make comment and tell what we want and that we want it now. I would be happy to discuss this weth you at any time. 08 8569 2086 or 0418 822 342 I too attended that meeting and like many people you attended it with the idea as to what or why it was called. The MDBA wanted to explain their process so the public would know of the process that lay ahead. When the MDBA plan for community cosultation that is when we must have input and then after Wong and her other colleagues and bloody public servants alter it to their liking we must have the guts to make comment and tell what we want and that we want it now.
I would be happy to discuss this weth you at any time. 08 8569 2086 or 0418 822 342

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