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Tasmania

SEMINAR: "WATER"
Policy Needs and the Future

Held at Hobart on Sat 17th November 2007
Republic Bar - 299 Elizabeth St, North Hobart
10:00am - 5:00pm

Speakers:
  • Dr David Leaman
  • Dr Patricia Ranald
Dr David Leaman is an experienced water scientist and his presentation, “Budgets and Audits” indicated what we need to do (and how to do it) to manage available water resources in a time of change so as to sustain both our economy and our environment.

Dr Patricia Ranald’s presentation, “Water: human right or traded commodity?” was focussed on the global struggles over privatisation of water services and the importance of resisting attempts to privatise water here.

Dr Patricia Ranald is an honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. She has a Masters degrees in Politics and Public Policy, and her doctorate in International Relations was a comparative study of the social impacts of global and regional trade agreements. She has worked in academia and with community organisations,including the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, (AFTINET). She has published widely on international corporations and trade agreements, including Stopping the Juggernaut, Public Interest versus the MAI (Pluto Press, Sydney, 1999) and Trade Justice, (Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, 2005).

Statement on Water

The following statement was prepared by the seminar organisers as a basis for discussion. Please feel free to comment on this or add to it by emailing your contribution to tasmania@nowwethepeople.org

Seminar material - Dr David Leaman

Seminar material - Dr Patricia Ranald

Pulp Mill Wood and Water Issues

Address given to Legislative Council by Dr David Leaman

Condobolin Photos

These photos were made available by retired Launceston businessman Brian Pitt. They indicate what can happen when river water is over-allocated. They were taken near Condobolin on the Lachlan River in New South Wales. The water in the children's swimming pool is as it came straight out of the tap from the Condobolin tpwn supply. The other two photos show how much the mighty Lachlan River (part of the Murray-Darling system) has been depleted by the time it has reached Condobolin. It still has hundreds of kilometres to go, with even more water being drawn from it downstream.


Borambil Park, Condobolin


Lachlan River near Condobolin


Another photo of Lachlan River