http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/tom-chesson-/ Tom Chesson has worked as a Ministerial Adviser, journalist and communications officer at a State, Federal and International level and is currently the CEO of the National Irrigators’ Council. A highlight of his career has been the three years he spent as an Australian Volunteer living and working in south-east Asia. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/water-water-everywhere-and-all-the-trees-will-shrink/ History is littered with good intentions gone bad and concerns are growing the Government’s recently released draft Murray Darling Basin Plan is a prime example. Frontline environmentalists, who live and work with the vagaries of the rivers, are warning that the Government is heading down the wrong track and could be responsible for allowing wetlands, which not even the worst drought in living memory could kill, to be severely damaged as a result of over-watering. If we have above average rainfall over the next 12 months the world’s largest river red gum forest is facing the very real prospect of being degraded within three years of it being declared a national park, and two years before the Federal Government has signed off on an environmental watering plan. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tom Chesson ) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/water-water-everywhere-and-all-the-trees-will-shrink/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/water-water-everywhere-and-all-the-trees-will-shrink/#item7381 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:30:54 +0000 Tom Chesson | Author bios | The Punch