The Liberals and Nationals are busy tussling over water but they’re not the only ones. Irrigators,environmentalists and communities all want their share. And as Bill Heffernan points out, you can’t possibly please everyoneSometimes, or just occasionally,a politician deviates from their speaking notes or the carefully-calibrated party line and calls bullshit on something notable.
This week that’s what Liberal senator Bill Heffernan did on water policy. Heffernan is often described as “colourful” or “maverick (an independent, nonconformist person)” or other euphemisms for a bloke who made a point about federal parliament’s security by brandishing a fake pipe bomb in a committee hearing and about novel South Wales state parliament security by walking in (undetected) with a knife with which he had personally castrated several hundred calves. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com