Lloyd Polkinghorne, The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper

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Caught out thanks to Caught in the Current

The launch of Caught in the Current, The Dire Consequences of Politics Driving the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in Barham, celebrated a long-awaited, community-driven historical and factual resource on Australian Water Policy ... The book is explicitly designed as a factual counter-narrative and practical tool for inquiries, libraries, and policy debate.

MDBA shapes Basin language

A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet, but would it mean the same thing? This is the thought I was left with when the MDBA announced the "Opening trade balance set for Barmah Narrows". Notice the subtle change in language? The "Barmah Choke", which is a natural constriction to water flow within the river channel, has formed part of the operating rules that irrigators had to abide by for longer than some of us have been alive.

Farrer’s Farley: One Nation makes history in more ways than one

Named in honour of noted wheat breeder and experimentalist William James Farrer, the electorate, covering 126,563 square kms, had been safe coalition country ... In this election, the attacks, muck-raking and attempts to frame voters as bigots and racists appear to have been met with a big orange middle finger. Now the real work begins for Farley.