Over the past few years I have had the opportunity of participating in deliberations related to the health of certain Australian estuaries including coastal lakes. It has opened my eyes even more to an array of concerns that are captured by the word “lament” (an expression of sorrow, grief, or sad regret).
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The Coorong Environmental Trust Bill 2019 was introduced by the Hon. Tammy Franks MLC on 3 April 2019. It was announced jointly by the Greens, the Minister for Environment and Water, the shadow minister and SA-Best at the Goolwa wharf on 30 March 2019. All parties present indicated their support for the model and for the trust.
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A body that could take the politics out of the Coorong is inching closer to reality.
Four state MPs have been appointed to investigate forming a Coorong Environmental Trust, a body which would advise governments about how best to use funding and environmental water to help the waterway.
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For many involved in that process, this is an exciting moment. I think one of the clearest things to come through the select committee hearings and from those submissions was the magnitude of what the trust will be able to achieve and contribute for and towards the community of the Coorong and Lower Lakes. It was incredibly heartening to see the outpouring of community support and the eagerness of a wide range of stakeholders to see the trust established.
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On a wet and blustery morning last Saturday, a significant crowd gathered to see off the Dire Straits Tinny Tour from the Goolwa Wharf.
The River Lakes and Coorong Action Group, alongside the Conservation Council of SA and The Wilderness Society assembled a group of politicians and community leaders of all persuasions to call for urgent action to save the internationally significant Coorong.
Read MoreThe Coorong, at the mouth of the River Murray in South Australia, was once teaming with bird life.
But a group of concerned environmentalists, locals, politicians and fishers says it’s now in ‘dire straits’ and needs urgent attention.
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Placing the Coorong under the care of an independent trust may be the best way to stop it being used as a political football, locals say.
More than 20 fishers, shackies and environmental advocates gathered at Meningie on Friday to demand a better answer to the region’s woes than political grandstanding or criticism from upstream.
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About 20 community leaders gathered for an emotional discussion about the topic last Wednesday night.
They were brought together by Lakes Hub coordinator Faith Coleman, whose organisation’s funding will run out on July 1, the same day water license holders will have their allocations slashed.
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