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Title: |
Retelling Australia's Water Story |
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| By (author): |
Quentin Grafton |
| ISBN10-13: |
1922979902 : 9781922979902 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
96 |
| Weight: |
.078 Kg. |
| Published: |
Monash University Publishing - October 2024 |
| List Price: |
13.99 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
Qty Available: 5 |
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| Successive governments have claimed that despite (or because of) Australiaâ s â droughts and flooding rainsâ , we are a world leader in water management. They have highlighted such successes as the 2004 National Water Initiative, robust water rights, â highly efficientâ irrigation infrastructure, basin planning, and the delivery of â safeâ drinking water to urban Australia. But the NWI barely mentions climate change; hugely valuable tradeable water rights were initially gifted to irrigators, with precious little allocated to Indigenous Australians; â efficientâ irrigators extract large volumes of upstream water even during drought, causing downstream communities to run out; and hundreds of thousands of Australians in rural and remote communities endure poor-quality water from their taps. Itâ s high time to call out the mistruths and the post-truths and retell Australiaâ s water story. In this book, Quentin Grafton explains how, from 1788 onwards, those in power have treated fresh water as a resource to be exploited rather than cared for. Over-extraction and misuse mean that Australia can now have too much, or too little, or too dirty water. Because of business-as-usual practices and climate change, these water crises will worsen, unless we apply made-in-Australia solutions that involve a rethink of how we value, measure and allocate water. Pathways to a better water future include leaving sufficient water in the landscape to sustain people and Country; respecting First Law, which sustained living waters for millennia; ensuring all communities, not just those with water rights, are actively involved in water decision-making; and prioritising the human right to water for all Australians. |
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