LETTER: Government needs to stop favouring cotton

WHILE the guilty plea to water theft charges by a big irrigator is welcomed, the legal over-extraction for cotton irrigation is leading to the demise of rivers and wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin.It is good to see an actual prosecution take place for water theft, given that the NSW Ombudsman found that water compliance and […]

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    University vice-chancellor steps down

    CANBERRA: Embattled Australian National University vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell has resigned after a year-long public relations saga involving bullying claims, student protests and claims of poor…