http://vote4di.com Independent for Mayo Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:47:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Diane (Di) Bell is alive and well and still fighting for the River, Lakes and Coorong. Is she running for office? "The issues aren't going away and neither am I," says Diane. If you want to keep up with the campaign being waged by a coalition of groups, individuals and interests, ... http://vote4di.com/2009/01/31/what-has-happened-to-di-bell/ Let salt water in the Lakes? Build a weir at Clayton or Laffin Point on the Goolwa channel? “No way,” say members of the River, Lakes and Coorong Action Group (RL&CAG). Local fisherman and spokesperson for the RL&CAG, Henry Jones, points out that the August rains brought just enough water down ... http://vote4di.com/2008/11/22/november-19-no-more-weirs/ For their last field day for the year, the Point Sturt and Districts Land Care Group visited the Currency Creek Arboretum (CCA) where Dean Nicolle conducted a tour of his 32.5 hectares project where he is growing several hundred eucalypts species. Dean established the CCA in 1992 as a specialist eucalypt ... http://vote4di.com/2008/11/02/november-1-2008-eucalytps-arboretum/ Tonight, South Australia passed legislation to hand its powers over the River Murray to the Federal Government. Karlene Maywald, Minister for the River Murray and Minister for Water Security, lauded the move as heralding a new era of management that  “will underpin the future security of water supply to all ... http://vote4di.com/2008/10/30/october-30-2008-sa-murray-powers-handed-over/ A road trip? Why not? Early Friday morning Di Bell set off with fresh veggies from her garden and assorted goodies for the road. At Camp Coorong she piled into the bus with Ellen Trevorrow, Anne McMahon and their cargo of damped down rushes for weaving and the makings of ... http://vote4di.com/2008/10/26/october-24-26-melbourne-ho/ The suggestion of a temporary weir at Clayton drew the ire of Clayton residents back on July 19. At the time, Henry Jones, spokesperson for the River, Lakes and Coorong Action Groups said: “With tens of thousands of tonnes of salt coming down the river each year, it needs to ... http://vote4di.com/2008/10/23/october-22-salt-water-and-weirs/ Beside a fine photograph of Rob Hylton of Clayton Bay Escapes, John Wiseman and Jamie Walker report how “Rain fails to save the Lower Murray” (Australian, October 20 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24521359-11949,00.html). Rob’s story of the impact of lower levels on his recreational boat hire business and caravan park illustrates that the crisis ... http://vote4di.com/2008/10/21/october-20-gloom-and-doom/ In answer to a question from Di Bell regarding how many gigalitres a 4% increase in allocations represented, the Senior Policy Officer, River Murray Drought Response Team, Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation replied, "Each percentage increase for irrigation is 5.7 gigs therefore the total is 22.8 gigs". The majority ... http://vote4di.com/2008/10/17/october-17-4-228gl/ Murray High Security allocations have increased by 15% from 80% to 95% and a General Security allocation of 2% has also been announced.  This is the first time since 2006 that a General Security allocation announcement has been made. Murrumbidgee High Security allocations remain at 95% and General Security allocations have ... http://vote4di.com/2008/10/16/october-16-victoria-and-nsw-increases/ River Murray Minister Karlene Maywald today announced that water allocations for River Murray irrigators in South Australia would be increased by 4 per cent to 15% because recent rains had brought 400GL of inflows, some 130GL more that expected. This is still less than the September average of 1,600GL and ... http://vote4di.com/2008/10/15/october-15-sa-allocation-increases/