Author: David Boyd

Toorale Money Waste and Community Economic Damage

Just in case the telling point is lost in too many words-see below. The Darling River flow past Louth for the 2010/11 year was 7,910,553 megalitres. The Government claim of "water returned to the river" in 2010/11 as a consequence of the Toorale close down, was 7,672 megalitres-0.01% of the flow.

Toorale Ramifications

The Sydney Morning Herald (David Wroe) has written a well balanced article on the waste of money in buying Toorale (pronounced Too-rally) Station at Bourke.http://www.smh.com.au/environment/station-buyout-a-waste-of-money-20111223-1p8ln.html. I attempted to leverage this with a letter to the Editor which failed to make the final cut-"Congratulations to the SMH (Station buyout a waste of money- 23rd December) for "outing" … Continue reading Toorale Ramifications →

Global non-Warming

Hitting the Nail on the Head!Durban failed to explain why models were not achieved (Letter published in The Australian, 16 December 2011)Your editorial (15/12) discussing Canada’s withdrawal from the binding  Kyoto agreement also states your continued acceptance of “the strong evidence of anthropogenic climate change and support (for) limits on greenhouse gas emissions as a precautionary … Continue reading Global non-Warming →

Entitlements and Allocations

The following letter was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 9th. December, 2011:"The focus on the 2750 gigalitre (GLS) figure of claimed water "returned to the rivers" is highly misleading. This number refers to extraction entitlements.  Irrigation entitlements grant the right to extract water only when when seasonal allocations are made and this depends on water availability. When water … Continue reading Entitlements and Allocations →

Murray Darling Basin Authority Draft Plan-November,2011

After a quick "skim" of the new Report I have prepared the following Questions for the Authority-Guidelines For Questioners At MDBA Plan Meetings –November, 2011·         What is the specific evidence on which you state the Basin is “unhealthy”, particularly after the recent wet years?(The MDBA website states -“Our use of the water in the Basin … Continue reading Murray Darling Basin Authority Draft Plan-November,2011 →

MDB Water-Two Contradictory Quotes

Quote - "A very uneven distribution of water resources across Australia and high year-to-year variability  means that water resources in some regions are fully or over allocated, while others remain largely undeveloped" CSIRO Water -Science and Solutions for Australia, 2011 Given allocations are not fixed but made subject to availability, how can anyone argue that water resources are over allocated?? Sure, irrigators face great … Continue reading MDB Water-Two Contradictory Quotes →

Our Unbalanced ABC

On 6th November the ABC Radio National programme"Background Briefing" featured the Qantas dispute.The programme concentrated on the Coalition's IR policy, or lack of it. I sent in the following comment:-David Boyd :14 Nov 2011 9:30:34amIt could only be the ABC "Lefties" who could focus a programme about the Qantas dispute on the Coalition's IR policy!How about … Continue reading Our Unbalanced ABC →

Uncertainty

A quote worth remembering-"Perhaps more than any other parts of the Australian economy, farmers understand uncertainty. They live with uncertainty about rainfall and growing conditions. They live with uncertainty about the costs of their key inputs. And, of course, they live with uncertainty about the world prices for their outputs. It is this ability to … Continue reading Uncertainty →