Basin Bullet 2008-09

DCQ makes a Splash!Front page of September 2008 Bullet

As a major sponsor of Westech, DCQ invested heavily in a display to raise awareness of the group

The battle continues

Australian floodplain graziers continue a life and death struggle for survival in the face of large extractions of water for irrigation. A conference in Windorah has highlighted the excellent state of rivers in the Desert Channels region.

Dr Duck gets a gong

Well-known eminent scientist Richard Kingsford received a prestigious Eureka award for his work in science.

Planning the next decade

It’s on again – public consultation for the Cooper Creek Water Resource Plan that will be implemented in 2010. Now is the time
for you to have your say.

A hot topic in the tropics

Not knocking nostalgia … but!

Karen Emmott takes a light-hearted look at the universal problems of a young bride moving into a multi-generational pastoral dynasty.

Garden escapee costs big bucks!

An excerpt from a DCQ documentary currently under production.

Writing from the heart

DCQ Board member and pastoralist Kelsey Neilson has published two books of bush stories. What drives her to write?

Postcard: The long journey home

Poet and writer Helen Avery writes her final postcard from NZ.

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