Australian Liberty Alliance water policy for the NSW Riverina & MDB

I found the ALA water policy in a letter to the editor of the Griffith local paper – The Area News. Searched “Kirralie” but could no other mention of the ALA meetings.
12 Apr 2016
New party’s water policy
I will be arriving in Griffith on Friday with Australian Liberty Alliance Senate candidate Kirralie Smith and other office bearers. Over the weekend we are running meetings in Griffith, Leeton, Deniliquin and Wagga. This is a summary of our water policy.
The Murray-Darling Basin Plan will be abolished and replaced with water conservation policies that will:
1 – Correct forever the salinity and environmental problems in the Coorong and Lower Lakes.
2 – By building a lock and weir at Wellington and return the Lower Lakes to an estuarine environment while maintaining lake water levels.
3 – As a result we can guarantee all water users in South Australia more fresh water at prices comparable to water prices upstream and return more than three million megalitres of water annually for productive use upstream.
4 – Build extra storages on the Darling catchment and river, guaranteeing all of Darling River flow in all seasons and maintenance of Menindee Lakes as the source of water for Broken Hill and surrounds and renew the pipeline from the Lakes to Broken Hill.
5 – We will instigate the building of the Lake Coolah-Stony Point Storage which will provide around 300,000 megalitres of extra water every year for Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and Coleambally Irrigation Area irrigators.
6 – An ongoing program of dam building and hydro power production that will provide all of our power and water needs for the next century in all states at world competitive prices.
7 – Using this water and power to expand our food and fibre production along with processing, transport and other ancillary industries.
8 – A north- south railway and road corridor to connect these centres of production and passing through an international freight hub north of Griffith.
9 – This transport corridor will facilitate the efficient production of fertilizer, fuel and ancillary products by combining the raw materials from the north and south and passing through the areas of end use.
Ron Pike
Australian Liberty Alliance

3 thoughts on “Australian Liberty Alliance water policy for the NSW Riverina & MDB”

  1. Looking forward to seeing a list of dam projects they have in mind to provide hydro power for all states.
    “..dam building and hydro power production that will provide all of our power and water needs for the next century in all states at world competitive prices.”

  2. The ‘driest inhabited continent’ refrain irritates me as the populated parts of Australia are as wet or wetter than most of Europe and North America.

    The relevant metric is water available per capita (as a national average), and it shows we have a lot of water available. More than famously wet Ireland for example.

    I doubt there is much hydro potential here in WA and our real issue is water transport infrastructure. Dam the Fitzroy.

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