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The Murray Darling Basin is topical.....did you catch 4 corners last night?
The land grab includes all the water...everything Turnbull was involved with turns to gold for him and mud for everybody else
All involved with John Howard approving the growth of genetically modified canola in 2003 followed by cotton and goodness knows what else.....farmers were outraged!
Pumped: Who is benefitting from the billions spent on the Murray-Darling?
Updated
http://tvdaily.com.au/four-corners/
"People are profiteering... It's the biggest water grab in Australia's history." Grazier In Australia's most important river system, the water is so precious, it could be liquid gold. "People want to get water in their hands because if you get water in your hands that's big money." Grazier
Pumped, reported by Linton Besser and presented by Sarah Ferguson, goes to air on Monday 24th July at
8.30pm. It is replayed on Tuesday 25th July at 10.00am and Wednesday 26th at 11pm.
It can also be seen on ABC NEWS channel on Saturday at 8.00pm AEST, ABC iview and at
abc.net.au/4corners.
Howard approves first GM food crop in Australia
Wednesday, September 3, 2003
BY EVA CHENG
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/howard-approves-first-gm-food-crop-australia
The last legal barrier for the release of GM food crops in Australia was breached on July 28, when the federal government approved the commercial release of GM canola by Bayer CropScience corporation. The first-ever approval of the commercial release of a GM food crop in Australia was pushed through despite widespread concern among the Australian people about the harmful health and environmental consequences of GM crops.
In early 2000, a Good Business Sense survey in Australia revealed that 71% of those questioned did not want to buy GM foods. In April 2000, an AC Neilson survey found that 68% of those quizzed weren't happy about eating GM food, and 90% supported the labelling GM food. In 2001, an Australia National University survey showed that 96% of respondents favoured the labelling of GM food. In May, Prime Minister John Howard's government joined the US in its formal action at the World Trade Organisation against the European Union's moratorium on GM food crops......read more .https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/howard-approves-first-gm-food-crop-australia