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April 24th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Conservationists have told a Senate inquiry more work is needed before a plan for the Murray-Darling Basin is delivered to federal parliament.
Scientists have slammed the proposed 2750 gigalitres of water the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) plan proposes returning to the river system annually, saying the amount won’t be enough to prepare communities for drought.
Australian Conservation Foundation spokesman Paul Sinclair said it would deliver a good result to about 21 per cent of the MDBA’s hydrological targets.
“That’s just not good enough,” he told a Senate committee inquiry into the plan on Tuesday.
Dr Sinclair called on Environment Minister Tony Burke to model the benefits of returning 4000 gigalitres of water to the river system, before a final plan goes to federal parliament later this year.
He also criticised the 2600 gigalitres of groundwater the plan proposes extracting from underground aquifers in the basin.
Friends of the Earth spokesman Jonathan La Nauze referred to the 2750 gigalitre figure as a “political figure,” because the MDBA had not made it clear where it came from.
Wilderness Society campaign manager Peter Owen said there was no such thing as a perfect plan, but felt the current plan had “serious failings”.
“Without that additional modelling of the higher volumes of water, no member of parliament can be in a position to say, `Look, I understand 4000 gigalitres meets 70 per cent of the targets that we think are important in the basin.'” he said.
The Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee is due to table a report in the Senate on June 29.
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