What's really been lacking is press and media follow up to 4 Corners/Ticky Fullarton-type exposes over the years, when examples of the tragic, expensive and corrupt vaudeville that represents environmetal policy and "development", are examined in our country.
The politicians at all tiers, and in bipartisan mode insolently brazen out whatever investigations are underway, aided by the tabloid press and media and corrupted courts.
Now it's got so bad that the federal government medievalists get away with appointing a Humphrey Appleby starchamber-cum-kangaroo court, to have broad sheet journalists smeared when they have tried to tell the truth.

Paul,
the state governments have placed the enphasis on the demand side--water restrictions in the cities ---and do nothing about reforming the water supply system.

For all their talk little is done to ensure a more sustainable water management practices. They have known about irregular rain fall for many a long year but cover their inaction by saying that the rains will come.

Water restrictions won't work with growing cities and static water supply. Supply needs to be increased through recycling storm and waste water.