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February 10, 2007
The change in the climate that we are currently living through is a big change. A historic moment is unfolding.
An account by Martin Flanagan of the changing landscape in Australia due to the effects of drought overlaid by those of climate change.
Tandberg
Maybe we should reread Henry Lawson's short story The Drover's Wife about life in a grim, hard land? And the politics? Well, the political milieu has changed.
The emphasis has been focused on irrigation efficiency as a way of getting water. That may well be about to change, as there are people willing to sell their water entitlements, especially the older farming familiies close to retirement. They may take the money and retire to the Gold Coast.
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