. The government, in an effort to neutralise the issue, has asked the Auditor-General to examine all water buybacks since 2008.
He attributed the controversy to "a total lack of understanding of what’s happened". Mr Keeley said even "supposed experts" misunderstood key details of the deal, including the amount of water available and the environmental benefits that would result. The transaction involved the purchase of so-called overland flows – water that runs over land after heavy rain. As Australia’s climate becomes drier, scientists say such events will be increasingly rare.
nicole_hasham Reading EAA proposals, submissions and how the flood water would be expected to be used, are they in place and did taxpayers pay toward costs of previously built structures, flood mitigation for St George; watergate … … and … …
nicole_hasham A big joke on the Australian taxpayer.
nicole_hasham So, what we know is that, at the request of the QLD Labor govt and with full knowledge of the department, the Commonwealth govt made a commercial purchase of water entitlements from an agricultural company. Anything else is a fishing expedition. 🐟
nicole_hasham Of course they'd say that. My guess now is corrupt departmental officials are involved. Follow the drip of money. watergate
nicole_hasham In a statement, the office would not confirm the advice it provided the department and said it 'will not be releasing any information on this matter which is not already publicly available' middleFingerSalute