This update published 7th June 2010
First published 24 thJanuary 2005

Media Reports

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Radio/TV Press/Journals/Media Releases

2010

$200m revival plan for lower Murray ABC 4/6



Securing the Coorong and Lower Lakes future Stock Journal 4/6

WHAT WILL MIKE RANN DO ABOUT THE USEDS SCHEME? Democrats 13/3

2009

Drainage work moves ahead ABC 24/11

Scientists unite in SOS for Murray-Darling ABC 23/11

Flush decision shows 'drainage works' ABC 15/10

Coorong to get south-east water ABC 14/10

Basin plan 'to determine' Coorong, lower lakes future ABC 15/9

Coorong pumping project 'too big to rush' ABC 28/8

Plan for south-east drains to help Coorong ABC 27/8

Redirecting water to the Coorong ABC 27/8

Wait for water, says Coorong council ABC 24/8

Start Coorong pumping, demands Senator ABC 21/8

Fresh water once flowed into Coorong: farmer ABC 4/8

Salt killing Coorong ecosystem, warn scientists ABC 22/7

Parrakie wetlands re-born ABC 17/7

Study suggests dry spells here to stay ABC 9/7

Greens attack 'devastating' drain decision ABC 9/7

Drain debate erupts again ABC 8/7

Stateline transcript of interviews with landholders ABC 24/4

Storm Warning ABC 15/2

Irrigators forced to drill more bores ABC 6/2

Federal Coorong money so far unspent ABC 12/1

Low rainfall trend continues ABC 6/1



GOVERNMENT BILL: Upper South East Dryland Salinity and Flood Management Greens MLC, Mark Parnell 1/12

UPPER SOUTH EAST DRYLAND SALINITY AND FLOOD MANAGEMENT (EXTENSION OF PROJECT) AMENDMENT BILL Independent MLC, David Winderlich 1/12

More water to be delivered to the Coorong Stock Journal 23/11

Wetlands disaster at the mouth of the Murray Stock Journal 23/11

Caution over Coorong seawater plan Stock Journal 2/11

Water redirected to CoorongBorder Watch 15/10

New Govt panel to advise on Lower Lakes Stock Journal 12/10

Full SA wetlands a joy to behold The IndependentWeekly 11/9

Murray chief goes against the climate flow Stock Journal 19/8

Study links drought with rising emissions Stock Journal 16/8

Lease to graze 'smokescreen' Stock Journal 6/8

Coorong's future helped by new science Stock Journal 22/7

Coorong plan Indaily 22/7

Model project to deliver better water support Stock Journal 18/7

Green light for drains as water flows freely Stock Journal 18/7

New drainage system gets go ahead Stock Journal 11/7

Outcry as artificial creek planned for south-east Indaily (pages 6/7 of The Independent insert) 10/7

Climate Change 2009 - Faster Change and More Serious Risks ANU Climate Change Institute 9/7

Bald Hill Drain an act of Environmental Vandalism Democrats 8/7

Greens condemn Bald Hills Drain go-ahead Greens 8/7

SA Farmers welcome drain decision Mount Gambier and District Lake News 8/7

Kingston drain project to go ahead The Border Watch 8/7

New drainage system gets go ahead State Government 8/7

Student solves SA soil mystery Stock Journal 26/5

Parrakie Wetlands - question in Parliament Democrats 30/4

Battle for $86m Upper SE drain reaches critical stage Stock Journal 30/4

Concern over drain responses Stock Journal 21/3

SE group fears 'simple' survey Stock Journal 11/3

Indian Ocean causes Big Dry: drought mystery solved UNSW 5/2

Major change in climate thinking Stock Journal 5/2

Effect of Tropical and Subtropical Indian Ocean Dipoles in Driving Precipitation Around Indian Ocean Rim Countries UNSW 22/1

SE continues to become warmer and drier Bureau of Meteorology 5/1

Saline water may be used for wetlands Stock Journal 3/1

2008

$50m Coorong lifeline rejected by pollies ABC 2/12

Droughts to become more frequent, severe: researchers ABC 17/11

Short-term Coorong rescue plans considered ABC 14/10

Senate announces inquiry to save lower Murray ABC 27/8

Coorong was estuarine, says paleo-ecologist ABC 21/8

Government water saga continues ABC 20/8

Handling of the lower lakes and Coorong contravenes an international treaty to protect wetlands. ABC Local 11/8

Commission says Coorong rescue plan won't work ABC 8/8

CSIRO and BOM predict that droughts will be twice as often and twice as severe ABC 7/7

Droughts twice as often and twice as severe - CSIRO & BOM ABC 7/7

Fears Coorong may be removed from wetlands treaty ABC 3/7

ACF says groundwater could freshen Coorong ABC 30/6

Coorong refill: is sea water the answer? ABC 27/6

Kingston brown coal development moves to next step ABC 23/6

CSIRO charts rainfall decline in SE Aust ABC 26/6

Ecologist urges salt removal from Coorong ABC 12/5

Schacht urges drain scheme rethink ABC 3/3

Six year seagrass study ABC 26/2

$14m Reflows project to restore wetlands ABC 8/2

"Snow on the water" in the Coorong ABC 6/2

Radical action required to restore water system ABC 4/2



Parrakie Wetlands threatened Nature Conservation Society of South Australia 1/12

NRC inquiry into USE drainage scheme Democrats 26/11

Deception at Deep Creek - DWLBC lies exposed The IndependentWeekly 23/9

Deep Creek - DWLBC role in inquiry Democrats 11/9

Research partnership to protect the Coorong CSIRO 29/8

Senate supports 'Save the Coorong' inquiry Stock & Land 28/8

Murray-Darling lakes inquiry launched The Age 27/8

Wong rejects Libs' $50m Coorong call The IndependentWeekly 26/8

Govt rejects call for $50m for Coorong The Age 26/8

Saving the Coorong by restoring its native state ScienceAlert 19/8

Saving the Coorong by restoring its native state Institute of Public Affairs 14/8

Why did Karlene Maywald conceal surrender in fight to save Coorong from Goolwa meeting? (We) can do better 10/8

Scientists give Coorong mouth to mouth The IndependentWeekly 8/8

Time for Wong to come clean on the Coorong Crikey 7/8

Saving the lower lakes The Australian - Letter Blog 7/8

Kevin Fiddling While Coorong Dies Greens 5/7

Storm Boy landscape 'in crisis' waterkeepersAUSTRALIA 28/6

Climate change is killing the Coorong Flinders University News 16/6

SA Coorong And Lakes A National Disaster? Who Cares? Pigs will fly 7/2

2007

Seals in Coorong ABC 31/12

Native fish boom ABC 24/12

Drain investigation ABC 20/12

Sodic soils project completed ABC 28/11

State's largest revegetation project ABC 19/10

Plans for a SE coal mine ABC 18/10

State's Government's newly appointed Drought adviser ABC 18/10

Coalition 'will respond to farmer climate pressure' ABC 17/10

Rainfall slip sliding away ABC 25/9

Report finds softwood forests use less water ABC 25/9

Drought killing Coorong ecosystem, says scientist ABC 19/9

Major SA landholder fined over drain tampering ABC 15/8

New water rules put Penola pulp mill at risk ABC 7/8

Lake George lives on ABC 24/7

Diddicoolum drain construction continues ABC 19/7

Drain supporter welcomes return of frogs ABC 19/7

Connector scheme in danger says conservationist ABC 28/6

Drain options running out ABC 20/6

Drain scheme still in danger of derailment ABC 20/6

SE digging resumes ABC 19/6

Drains decision ABC 19/6

Environment court dismisses SE drain opposition ABC 18/6

Go-ahead for drain extension ABC 18/6

SE drain work set to resume next week ABC 15/6

Saline pasture management boosts profits ABC 13/6

Weir opponents demand full EIS ABC 13/6

Keith conservationist recognised with AM ABC 11/6

SA landholders meet with Minister ABC 6/6

Drains dominate SAFF meeting ABC 6/6

SA Govt getting more advice on drain project ABC 5/6

Drain confusion ABC 31/5

Didicoolum drains victory ABC 29/5

Drain extension suspension a "lifeline" ABC 29/5

Court defers SE drain case ABC 28/5

Anti-drain campaign to return to court ABC 28/5

Didicoolum drain protest ABC 25/5

Contractors await drain work all-clear ABC 25/5

Court revokes drain project injunction ABC 24/5

Drain supporters praise Minister ABC 24/5

Didicoolum drain protests escalate in SE ABC 23/5

Court grants injunction ABC 23/5

SA drain protest fails ABC 23/5

Landowners seek an injunction ... ABC 23/5

Didicoolum drain protests & Govt response ABC 22/5

Protestors "here for the long haul" ABC 22/5

Drain protest in the SE ABC 21/5

Protestors rally against drain works ABC 21/5

Didicoolum drain work set to continue ABC 17/5

Digging halted in controversial drain ... ABC 15/5

Work set to start on Didicoolum drain ... ABC 18/4

Groundwater over-allocation - Padthaway ABC 5/4

Groundwater decline puts development on hold ABC 4/4

Groundwater allocations exceeded ABC 4/4

Forestry industry rejects SAFF claims ABC 9/3

Drains future up for grabs ABC 28/2

Connectors concern ABC 27/2

Irrigators prepare for allocation cut ABC 26/2

Didicoolum drain construction to recommence ABC 26/2

Timbercorp says DWLBC wants bluegums out ABC 21/2

1000 year drought ABC 15/2

No maintenance funds for planned floodways ABC 8/2

Floodway drain project details ABC 8/2

Rann condemns Murray-Darling power grab ABC 1/2

Rann insists on Murray-Darling compromise ABC 1/2

Habitat strained, birdlife flock to Coorong ABC 10/1



New presiding member for South East NRM Board SA Government 11/12

Fishing ban in Lake George lifted SA Government 17/10

CSIRO Upper South East Drainage Scheme report misleading Democrats 24/8

Ground water licences introduced for SA forestry plantations Farmonline 2/8

Groundwater extraction in Lower South East SA Government 31/7
Read the Hansard transcript of the announcement (about a quarter of the way down the page) for more details.

Consultation key to bridging SE drains divide SAFF 19/6

Minister should back down on SE drains Democrats 4/6

Legal wrangle halts drain progress Stock Journal 31/5

Smart drains built on dumb maths Democrats 30/5

Didicoolum campaign victory Democrats 28/5

Farmers dig-in over SA drains Stock journal 25/5

Court lifts drain works injunction SA Government 24/5

Farmers line-up against drains Stock Journal 24/5

Drain ban lifted Advertiser 24/5

Drain work blocked Advertiser 24/5

Motion for disallowance in Parliament Democrats 24/5

DWLBC keeps public in dark Advertiser 22/5

Sandra joins farmers' blockade Democrats 21/5

Liberals call for independent audit Liberals 21/5

PM's plan falls short on water Stock Journal 8/2

Evidence of Human-caused global warning UN 2/2

Water diversion to save Coorong Advertiser 2/2

Commonwealth commits millions Fed Government 2/2

Rann in squeeze on water project Australian 2/2

PM Press Conference Fed Government 1/2

The Coorong - a biological barometer The Age 29/1

$10billion water plan won't save Coorong Greens 26/1

Nation's groundwater crisis Stock Journal 16/1

2006

CSIRO: 30 bad droughts in 10,000 years ABC 29/12

Dryland Lucerne Fails ABC 19/12

Drainage levy relief ABC 18/12

Land use forum on SE ABC 18/12

Aquifers being badly managed ABC 13/12

Drains review ABC 7/12

Coorong dreaming is Storm Boy's nightmare ABC 5/12

Minister defends drain work ABC 16/11

Landholders to rally against drains ABC 15/11

Water for Coorong ABC 14/11

Coorong floodways and Didicoolum rally ABC 14/11

Australia is not in drought ABC 9/10

Kanck on drains ABC 19/9

Down the Drain: A journey along Drain M ABC 13/9

SE was Kakadu of the South until drains .. ABC 5/9

Murray, Life + Death ABC 28/7

Australia's Salinity Crisis: What Crisis? Nine 28/5

Reaction slow to Lake George pleas ABC 23/5

Call for action to save Lake George ABC 21/4



SE drains protest at Parliament Stock Journal 23/11

Rann fiasco - drains hurt ... Democrats 15/11

All drain no brains Democrats 3/11

USE Extension Bill debate Family First 31/10

Water restrictions must match ... Liberals 31/10

Old plant offers hope ... Stock Journal 24/10

USE Extension Bill debate Greens 21/9

USE Extension Bill debate Democrats 19/9

Pouring salt into the wound Democrats 19/9

ERDC report on Program 04-05 Democrats 17/8

Upper South East Meeting ... Government 27/7

Drains nightmare ... Stock Journal 9/2

DWLBC stuck in deep drain mindset Stock Journal 2/2

2005

Drain approved - landholders outraged ABC 21/12

A simple solution for Lake George ... ABC 20/12

Lake George - drains chock with weeds ABC 12/12

Salinity scare taken with a pinch of salt ABC 6/12

Senators hear USE drains project concerns ABC 18/11

Debate continues over SE drains ABC 17/11

To drain or not to drain some see benefits ABC 16/11

Divert Didicoolum drain says ERDC ABC 10/11

Reconsider drains says DEH report ABC 4/11

One froggy evening ABC 22/9

SE drain system seems to be working! ABC 23/9

The final flows of Drain M ABC 12/9

Down the Drain: A journey along Drain M ABC 9/9

Bool Lagoon: The dry start to the big drain ABC 29/8

Effectiveness of drainage scheme questioned ABC 22/6

Rebel with a cause offers drought hope ABC 3/6

Drainage defiance ABC 11/5

Zone C landowners refuse to pay levy ABC 11/5



Drain approval devastates landholders Stock Journal 22/12

Salinity ‘substantially exaggerated’ Stock Journal 5/12

Farmers right on exaggerated claims Stock Journal 5/12

Salinity: Claims of exaggeration Stock Journal 5/12

Study clears Coorong's muddy waters University Adelaide News & Events 30/11

Farm Institute: Salinity Threat Exaggerated AFI 11

Community rift a concern ... Stock Journal 17/11

Expert urges SE drains halt Stock Journal 17/11

Landholders launch drains case Stock Journal 11/11

Drains give new life to Willalooka Stock Journal 28/7

Project chiefs dig in on drains Stock Journal 7/7

Upper SE drains need new vision Stock Journal 7/7

Drain debate: the untold story Stock Journal 30/6

Drain impact unknown says ERDC Stock Journal 24/6

Minister slams advert Stock Journal 24/6

Drain Block Stock Journal 24/6

SE landholders buck over drain levy Stock Journal 19/5

Sodicity concerns as stocking ... Stock Journal 19/5

Drains improve pastures: DWLBC Stock Journal 19/5

Decisions should be scientific Stock Journal 19/5

Producers call for inquiry Stock Journal 12/5

Drains divide SE Stock Journal 12/5

Drain divides Marcollat landholders Stock Journal 12/5

Producers call for inquiry Stock Journal 12/5

SE land is far more productive Stock Journal 12/5

2004

Northern catchment drains opened ABC 14/12

Drains create new soil horror ABC 13/12

Sodicity caused by drainage ABC 13/12

Northern catchment drains completed ABC 8/12

Wetlands rehabilitated in the South East ABC 30/8

Drain system construction finally underway ABC 21/4



Broad shallow better than deep drains Stock Journal 10/6

2003

South Australia has the best drains ABC 29/10

RSPCA says salinity trenches trapping stock ABC 1/9

Stressed couple sell up after Govt land grab ABC 24/6

Govt acquired land without compensation! ABC 24/6

Bureaucrats out of hand and out of control ABC 20/6

Revegetation efforts can't keep up ABC 24/4

Lucerne comeback in SE ABC 22/4

Further $50 million wanted for SE drains ABC 26/4

Hidden consequences of drainage? ABC 3/4

Landholders want resolution on drains ABC 31/3

Evidence treating salty land pays off ABC 14/2



Drains cost blowout Stock Journal 9/10

2002

USE Drainage Bill passed despite opposition ABC 6/12

A landholder's response to Govt land grab ABC 15/11

Govt wants to increase its landownership ABC 14/11

Budget blowout may mean levies to triple ABC 12/8

Brinkworth bypass could jeopardise drains ABC 24/1

Tom Brinkworth's drainage bypass ABC 22/1

Clearing trees to save marshes ABC 22/1

Budget blowout, but SAFF pushes USE drains ABC 15/1



Salinity funding not effective Stock Journal 10/4

2001

Brinkworth clears native scrub ABC 30/11

Opening of stage 2 ABC 5/11

NAP funding for USE drains ABC 25/10



Drain plan to combat SE salinity Stock Journal 2/10

Salinity audit focus on farming Stock Journal 22/3

2000

Major problem with drain program ABC 18/12

Drain open day ABC 24/1

1999

Moratorium delays SE drains project Stock Journal 4/11