Opinion
The Marshall Government’s unacceptable response to the Murray Darling Basin Plan Royal Commission compounds the triumph of superficial politics over science, writes Richard Beasley, the senior counsel assisting the commission.
Politics
Labor has today ramped up its pursuit of embattled Environment Minister David Speirs, bombarding his southern suburbs electorate with propaganda criticising his performance on water security as state parliament opened amid a cacophony of controversy that saw five Opposition frontbenchers evicted in the first hour.
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The Marshall Government has come in for stinging criticism in a keenly-anticipated Royal Commission report on the River Murray’s management that found the Murray-Darling Basin Authority acted unlawfully, calling for a complete overhaul of water allocations across the system.
UPDATED | Murray Darling Basin Royal Commissioner Bret Walker has expressed concerns about the Marshall Government’s plans for his final report when he delivers it within days, as he forecasts a scathing assessment of “many governmental decisions and processes”.
Some CSIRO staff have taken a “disappointing” decision to not appear before South Australia’s Royal Commission into the Murray-Darling Basin, the inquiry has heard.
A bid by the Federal Government to stop employees of the Murray Darling Basin Authority from giving evidence will not stop a full investigation into water use by a South Australian royal commission, the commissioner says.
