Murray Darling Basin Authority Forum

"Murray Darling Basin Plan: River Rescue or Rural Disaster"

October 20, 2010

Join our expert National Press Club Forum to discuss this major report by the Murray Darling Basin Authority.

Australia's 43 Parliament has the difficult and hard to decisions to reach over the future of the Murray Darling Basin.

Our expert panel of representing Farm and Irrigators on one side, with Academia and Environmentalists on the other side will give the community a better perspective about the real public policy issues and their consequences for regional Australia.

Panel Members

Dr. Arlene Harriss-Buchan
Healthy Rivers Campaigner
Australian Conservation Foundation

Ben Fargher
Chief Executive
National Farmers Federation

Danny O'Brien
Chief Executive - National Irrigators' Council

Quentin Grafton
Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy at the ANU

Moderator - Sophie Morris
Club Director and Australian Financial Review