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News - November 2010

 

Nats promise to advance country Vic

7 hours ago - Farmers are thrilled the north-south pipeline will be switched off and ...
news.ninemsn.com.au/national/.../nats-promise-to-advance-country-vic

Victoria Premier-elect Ted Baillieu ready to get cracking | The .

8 hours ago - ... shut down the north-south pipeline and review the myki contract, he said this morning. ... from the pool to do 20 push-ups before getting back into the water. ... In a long conversation, Mr Brumby congratulated his former Melbourne ...
www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/.../story-e6freuyi-1225963311459

Baillieu pledges no hidden agenda

13 hours ago - Labor leader John Brumby conceded defeat late Monday following ... Other issues on the agenda included shutting down the controversial north-south pipeline. .... Fiji Water closesInstability forces closure of one of Fiji's biggest ...
www.news.ninemsn.com/national/.../baillieu-pledges-no-hidden-agenda

Labor Loses Victoria Not Good For Gillard

8 hours ago - While Brumby has created problems for federal Labor, over health and other issues, .... resources like water, hence that mega cost desal plant and pipeline. ...
www.smh.com.au/.../chilly-victorian-winds-could-cause-shivers-in-canberra-20101128-18c9y.html?.

Lateline - 30/11/2010: Baillieu plans to move quickly

37 minutes ago - Meanwhile the defeated John Brumby today announced he will step down as ... the billion-dollar myki ticketing system and the north-south water pipeline, ...
www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2010/s3080998.htm

Premier-elect Ted Baillieu ready to get cracking | Herald Sun

11 hours ago - In a long conversation, Mr Brumby congratulated his former Melbourne Grammar .... down the north-south pipeline and review the myki contract, he said this morning. ... Florida: Woman torches herself, charged with arson · Tax: Fiji Water ...
www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special.../story-fn5kmqy2-1225962947087

Coalition will investigate project - Country News - McPherson ...

21 hours ago - ... in Melbourne's south-east, with the result being provisionally called for the ... Coalition water resources spokesman Peter Walsh said last week an ... The Coalition policy documents do not specify where the 75 Gl pipeline flow ...
www.countrynews.com.au/story.asp?TakeNo=201011293292624

Rural voters have turned against Labor

1 hour ago - ... up four seats outside of Melbourne: Gembrook, Seymour, Gippsland East and South Barwon. ... Labor's two big water projects, the pipeline and desalination plant, ... Ben Hardman was impaled by the controversial north-south pipeline. ...
www.watoday.com.au/.../rural-voters-have-turned-against-labor-20101130-18f9t.html

Spying claim bid | Mountain Views Mail | Star News Group Local ...

17 hours ago - MELBOURNE Water has moved to have an invasion of privacy case brought by anti-pipeline campaigner Jan Beer dismissed. Mrs Beer has taken action in VCAT ...
www.starnewsgroup.com.au/mail/mountain-views/271/story/125117.html

Water firm high and dry as Libs plug pipe

37 minutes ago - MELBOURNE Water may have to wait months to learn if it will be compensated for its billion-dollar investment in the north-south pipeline, ...
www.theage.com.au/.../water-firm-high-and-dry-as-libs-plug-pipe-20101130-18fb2.html

John Brumby concedes defeat as Ted Baillieu prepares to be sworn ...

7 minutes ago - UPDATE 5.48pm: JOHN Brumby has admitted defeat in the state election, officially ending 11 years of Labor rule in Victoria.
www.heraldsun.com.au/news/.../story-fn5kmqy2-1225962373651

Pipe prefs hand Seymour to Coalition - ABC Goulburn Murray ...

3 hours ago - Mr Economou says Plug the Pipe member and independent candidate for Seymour Jan Beer, provided the preferences needed for the Liberal party to win the seat. ...
www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/11/29/3079390.htm?site
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Winners and losers

1 hour ago - In 2010, Seymour turned on Brumby. It was a rocky road for the Libs with ... on the back of preferences from anti-North-South pipeline campaigner Jan Beer. ...
www.theage.com.au/victoria/.../winners-and-losers-20101128-18ckm.html

Nick's Collingwood Bulletin Board :: View topic - State Election ...

15 posts - 6 authors - Last post: 11 hours ago
Brumby was the best thing that eve happened to the Nationals. After the idiotic and wasteful pipeline from the Goulburn Valley, he united the rural ...
www.magpies.net/nick/bb/viewtopic.php?p=1043206

Brumby Fails Again To Be Elected By Voters

6 minutes ago - Brumby gave the game away on election night, when he signalled that the best ... And water - the north-south pipeline fed into the backlash against Labor, ...
www.smh.com.au/opinion/.../game-over-for-brumby-20101128-18c9v.html

Brumby facing final curtain - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting ...

2 hours ago - John Brumby's office says Victoria's caretaker Premier will wait until all the ... Who wouldn't build a pipe line to take water from the people who need it ...
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/29/3078964.ht
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Game over for Brumby

36 seconds ago - Brumby gave the game away on election night, when he signalled that the best ... And water - the north-south pipeline fed into the backlash against Labor, ...
www.smh.com.au/opinion/.../game-over-for-brumby-20101128-18c9v.html

Electoral landslide could give Coalition two houses of Parliament ...

11 hours ago - The lawyer and Brumby government cabinet secretary came in with the ... on the back of preferences from anti-North-South pipeline campaigner Jan Beer. ... Parliamentary secretary for Environment, Water and Climate Change was meant to be ...
www.investsmart.com.au/news/news.asp?Action=Display&DocID...

Health top priority for McLeish in Seymour

1 hour ago - Councils profiting from water, says Bligh. Nov 28, 2010 ... Hung parliament likely: Brumby. Nov 28, 2010 ... She said the north-south pipeline got locals' blood boiling and that was part of the reason voters had turfed out Labor. ...
news.ninemsn.com.au/national/.../health-top-priority-for-mcleish-in-seymour

Quadrant Online - The victory that might have been

1 hour ago - Much more could have made much more of Labor's absurd water policies of ... of constructing the north-south pipeline and of building a desalination plant. ... In short, at the expense of the taxpayer the Brumby government appears to ...
www.quadrant.org.au/blogs/qed/2010/.../the-victory-that-might-have-been

Brumby Government Brought To Brink Of Defeat In Victoria ...

20 hours ago - These are: Forest Hill, Gembrook, Mount Waverley, Seymour, Burwood, Frankston, South Barwon, ... Only Seymour and South Barwon were lost by the government. ...
australianpolitics.com/2010/11/28/brumby-government-facing-defeat.html

Wipeout for Labor in Victoria - exit poll - AussieMuslims.com ...

15 posts - 6 authors - Last post: 5 hours ago
At 9pm, Labor leader John Brumby had not conceded defeat, however poll .... "(When you look at) the north-south water pipeline, you see the loss of Seymour. ...
www.aussiemuslims.com/forums/showthread.php?p=468959

Significant swing to Coalition in state election | News.com.au

3 hours ago - VICTORIAN Premier John Brumby says the most likely result of the state election is ... Myki, water pipeline,desalination plant, Eastlink,lack of care about ...
www.news.com.au/national/...swing.../story-e6frfkvr-1225962029661

Arrogance cost Brumby: analyst

3 hours ago - John Brumby and Ted Ballieu speak at their respective party functions ... "(When you look at) the north-south water pipeline, you see the loss of Seymour. ...
www.theage.com.au/.../arrogance-cost-brumby-analyst-20101128-18byl.html

Too close to call, says Brumby, with Baillieu - smh.com.au

16 hours ago - John Brumby is refusing to concede power to Ted Baillieu's Coalition, ... Black Saturday bushfires and the government's controversial north-south pipeline. ... A lack of water, congested roads, packed trains, spiralling house prices. ...
www.smh.com.au/.../too-close-to-call-says-brumby-with-baillieu-on-the-brink-20101127-18b3k.html

Seymour holds the key - Election 2010 - News - Lilydale & Yarra ...

13 hours ago - A TOP political commentator says Seymour will serve as a litmus test in today's State Election, with Labor needing to hold it to stay in power.
lilydale-yarra-valley-leader.whereilive.com.au/.../seymour-holds-the-key/ - Cached

The hills are alive with the sound of politicians - ABC Victoria ...

1 hour ago - But many locals argue the irrigation upgrades are small compensation for ...
blogs.abc.net.au/.../the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-politicians.html?...

Community - ABC Radio National

21 hours ago - One independent candidate has placed her opposition to the pipeline front and centre of ... Two female students in Melbourne took a political stance, .... We've come to accept this boom-and-bust nature of water management and probably ...
www.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/feeds/com.xml - Cached - Similar

Shake up for Goulburn Murray Water under Coalition government ...

21 hours ago - “Under a Coalition Government, the customers of Goulburn Murray Water will elect 50 ... pipeline and the rationalisation of irrigation infrastructure. ... Authorised By Luke O'Sullivan, Level 10, 140 Bourke St, Melbourne 3000 | Phone 03 ...
www.vicnats.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=11597

Farm report card is in - Weekly Times Now

16 hours ago - ... on encouraging growth in regional Victoria was positive, it had broken a key promise in diverting water to Melbourne via the north-south pipeline. ...
www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/11/.../264231_politics-news.html

Spectre of Kennett scares ALP

7 hours ago - Premier John Brumby announces a Labor Government would pump $30 million into upgrading .... they realise their water/power bills are going to double. ... The over runs on Myki and the cost of the Desal and pipeline could have fixed ...
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/.../spectre-of-kennett-scares-alp-20101124-187be.html?...

Country vote to decide Victorian state election result | Herald Sun

24 Nov 2010 ... METROPOLITAN Melbourne can win you seats, but regional Victoria will win you government.
www.heraldsun.com.au/.../country-vote-to-decide-victorian-state-election-result/story-e6frfhqf-1225959743652

Coalition water policy mostly positive | Environment Victoria

4 hours ago - The Victorian Coalition released their water policy yesterday afternoon. ... Promise to “phase-out Melbourne's reliance on the north-south pipeline...
www.environmentvictoria.org.au/.../coalition-water-policy-mostly-positive
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Opinion Rural voters the key - Weekly Times Now

11 hours ago - THERE is one truth in Victorian politics - metropolitan Melbourne can win you ... Sure the north-south pipeline was a betrayal of a promise by Labor Water ...
www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/11/.../264221_opinion-news.html

Greens and Nationals go head to head on heraldsun.com.au Lunchtime ...

6 hours ago - Another of those issues is the North-South water pipeline, ... Video: Police swoop on drug houses · Election unrelated: Drug raids not political - Brumby ...
www.news.com.au/greens.../story-fn5kmqy2-1225959320590?.
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Seymour is ready for battle | Star Hume | Star News Group Local ...

11 hours ago - Independent Jan Beer decided to run after her own experience with the North-South Pipeline. She has been preferenced last by Mr Hardman and has returned the ...
www.starnewsgroup.com.au/star/hume/272/story/124814.html

Yesterday's news today – The Poll Bludger

1 hour ago - ... after all that authorises the filming, photographing and tailing while driving of opponents to the government, such as pipeline protester Jan Beer. ...
blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2010/11/23/yesterdays-news-today/

Shake up for rural water authorities under Coalition - The ...

2 hours ago - ... pipeline and Labor's rationalisation of irrigation infrastructure. ... “Under Labor, cross-membership of water authorities is common place and the potential ... Authorised By Luke O'Sullivan, Level 10, 140 Bourke St, Melbourne 3000 ...
www.vicnats.com/news/article.aspx?ID=11566

Previous story - Country News - McPherson Media Group

5 hours ago - Barmah Forest, Lake Mokoan, the North-South pipeline, mountain cattlemen and ... It was much more important for you that Brumby could take water out of the ...
www.countrynews.com.au/story.asp?TakeNo=201011223242650

Revealed: How the ALP keeps secret files on voters

23 Nov 2010 ... THE ALP has secretly recorded the personal details of tens of thousands of Victorians - including sensitive health and financial information ...
www.theage.com.au/.../revealed-how-the-alp-keeps-secret-files-on-voters-20101122-1845e.html?...

www.theage.com.au - Growing pains: Victoria's population explosion

19 hours ago - There are so many issues - the $5.4 billion desalination plant, the pipeline ...
www.theage.com.au/.../growing-pains-victorias-population-explosion-20101119-18112.html

Stormwater bid to safeguard supply

6 hours ago - CAPTURING stormwater to boost Melbourne's water supply is a key plank of a ... in the Eildon Dam, but would otherwise never use the north-south pipeline. ...
www.theage.com.au/.../water.../stormwater-bid-to-safeguard-supply-20101119-1811k.html

Growing pains: Victoria's population explosion

17 hours ago - There are so many issues - the $5.4 billion desalination plant, the pipeline ...
www.theage.com.au/.../growing-pains-victorias-population-explosion-20101119-18112.html?...

Water as a Election Issue - ABC VIDEO

 

On the campaign trail from bushfire-ravaged Seymour - The National ...

9 hours ago - Jan Beer Independent candidate for Seymour. Cindy McLeish. Liberal candidate for Seymour. Anthony Rolando Nationals candidate for Seymour. Ben Hardman ...
www.abc.net.au/rn/nationalinterest/stories/2010/3071265.htm

www.theage.com.au - Baillieu: time for the Coalition to govern

1 hour ago - You've been critical of the Brumby government over its escalating debt. ...
www.theage.com.au/.../baillieu-time-for-the-coalition-to-govern-20101118-17zgs.html?..
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Spies infiltrated Victorian desalination plant | The Australian

1 hour ago - THE builders of the Brumby government's $5 billion-plus desalination plant ...
www.theaustralian.com.au/news/...desal.../story-fn6tcs23-1225955228238

www.theage.com.au - They are independently minded in the bush

45 minutes ago - In Seymour, held by Labor's Ben Hardman, independent candidate and farmer Jan Beer has been a vocal critic of the north-south pipeline and of Labor. ...
www.theage.com.au/.../they-are-independently-minded-in-the-bush-20101116-17vyb.html?...

Country News - McPherson Media Group

8 hours ago - Now that the pipeline links Melbourne to the Goulburn River (Murray-Darling Basin), the opportunity exists for the Labor Government and Melbourne Water to ...
www.countrynews.com.au/story.asp?TakeNo=20101115320817
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www.theage.com.au - Fields of discontent

55 minutes ago - And the fact that they built that pipeline into Melbourne was an absolute disgrace. They put Melbourne above everything else and the water supply for their ...
www.theage.com.au/.../state.../fields-of-discontent-20101115-17ugt.html?...

www.smh.com.au - Baillieu makes a pitch for commuter votes to ...

46 minutes ago - Fifty-three per cent of poll respondents preferred Mr Brumby and 38 per cent ... The government's two major water projects, the north-south pipeline and the ...
www.smh.com.au/.../baillieu-makes-a-pitch-for-commuter-votes-to-unseat-labor-20101114-17snq.html?..
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Brumby critic to stand for Seymour

19 Oct 2010... can advocate for and represent rural Victorians without fear or favour – a task if honoured by the Seymour Electorate, I would revel in. ...
www.sheppartonadviser.ezyzine.com/Public/.../ThreadView.aspx?tid... - Cach

Labor losing support in polls as Victoria may be headed for a hung ...

12 Nov 2010 ... VICTORIA may be heading for a hung parliament with the polls tightening sharply as the Brumby government's support slips.
www.heraldsun.com.au/.../labor-losing-support-in-polls.../story-e6frf7kx-1225952930083

Editorial: Last Call for John Brumby | Pool

12 hours ago - A north-south pipeline that leads to a dam that is full-to-bursting. ... The other major issue -- water -- is at least temporarily not an issue at all. ...
pool.org.au/text/melody_ayres.../editorial_last_call_for_john_brumby

How the states are faring | The Australian

14 minutes ago - The drought will leave Victoria with significant new water infrastructure, ... plant and the north-south pipeline bringing water from the country to the city. The Brumby government has cited lessons from the drought and climate change's ...
www.theaustralian.com.au/national...the.../story-fn59niix-1225952606767

Battle to bridge the gap

9 minutes ago - Vocal pipeline opponent Jan Beer is running as an independent and will no ...
www.theage.com.au/.../battle-to-bridge-the-gap-20101112-17r8n.html

Over 50 independents contest state poll - Yahoo!7

16 hours ago - Community activist Jan Beer says frustration with the government's handling of the north-south pipeline prompted her to contest the Labor-held seat of ...
news.yahoo.com.au/.../over-50-independents-contest-state-poll/

Victorian Election: Where are the Policies? | theangle.org

7 hours ago - Brumby has come out attempting to smear the Greens environmental and climate change credentials. ... Building a desalination plant; North-south pipeline ...
theangle.org/.../victorian-election-where-are-the-policies/?utm...

ABC Victoria

7 hours ago - There is very little clean water available for washing, and today's reports are .... (Jan's preferencing them last because of the north-south pipeline policy). .... It's John Brumby's turn to show his stuff, this time at St Joseph's ...
blogs.abc.net.au/victoria/ - Cached - Similar

Left, Right, and the voters are stuck in the middle of it again ...

19 hours ago - Can you even recall which leader - Brumby or Baillieu - is promising the more ... promised by LABOUR when it built the north / south pipeline,(irrigators were ... to help save water by stopping water leaking from the out-of-date channel ...
www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/.../story-e6frfhqf-1225952362040

Irrigators fear $100m bill - Weekly Times Now

5 hours ago - Goulburn Murray Water's irrigators are already contributing $100 million ...
www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/11/.../257711_national-news.html

Public urged to speak out against water cuts - ABC News ...

9 hours ago - ... Council] studies, the north-south pipeline, the New South Wales red gums ...
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/09/3061504.htm - Cached

Water a priority - Riverine Herald: Read Story

20 hours ago - Water diversion plans such as the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's plan and the Sugarloaf pipeline to Melbourne were robbing water from vital food producing ...
www.rivheraldechuca.net/readstory/read.asp?id=1186221

Victoria decides: the key issues

8 Nov 2010 ... The Age's expert team examines the key issues at the poll, ... minister Paul Keating to warn that students could be shut out of the system. ... able to decide when pupil-free days are held and having more power in ..... Find accommodation on Stayz ... Also in Victoria: Pipeline turned off for months ...
www.theage.com.au/victoria/.../victoria-decides-the-key-issues-20101107-17izg.html

www.theage.com.au - Why is it that 'environment' is such a dirty word?

Why is it that 'environment' is such a dirty word? Date: November 09 2010. DOES either main political party in Victoria know what E-N-V-I-R-O-N-M-E-N-T ...
www.theage.com.au/.../why-is-it-that-environment-is-such-a-dirty-word-20101108-17kfu.html?...

SunRRA - Re:100% bullshit Brumby - SunRRA

11 posts - 11 authors - Last post: 22 hours ago
Mr Brumby said the government wanted to leave a legacy of promoting community .... how good the desalination water tastes, and how the North South Pipeline ...
www.sunshine.asn.au/component/option,com_fireboard/.../id,1137561/

Brumby Vs Baillieu - the 2010 Victorian election. - Railpage ...

9 posts - 6 authors - Last post: 2 hours ago
Another disastrous Brumby Project! Pipeline turned off for months ... In the distance across the water, an unremarkable grey building stands as a monument ...
www.railpage.com.au/f-p1467067.htm

Pipeline turned off for months

2 minutes ago - As its showpiece project lies dormant, an election-bound Brumby government ... ''The pipeline is vital for Melbourne's water supplies and will be used every ...
www.theage.com.au/.../pipeline-turned-off-for-months-20101107-17iy5.html?...

Rains raise dam levels and questions of waste

2 minutes ago - The north-south pipeline cost about $700 million and Melbourne contributed ... Mr Brumby and Water Minister Tim Holding went to Jindabyne last week for the ...
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/.../rains-raise-dam-levels-and-questions-of-waste-20101107-17iup.html

Lovely? Try greedy and mercenary, Brumby says

 
36 minutes ago - JOHN Brumby has made a flamboyant attack on the Commonwealth Bank over its ... help pay for Labor's water projects, including the north-south pipeline and ...
  www.theage.com.au/.../lovely-try-greedy-and-mercenary-brumby-says-20101103-17e46.html
 

Yarra floods while Brumby pours billions of dollars down the drain ...

13 hours ago - “While billions of litres of water go flooding out to sea John Brumby is wasting ... “Labor has desperately tried to sell the north-south pipeline and the ...
www.vicnats.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=11433

Rates provide dirt in Vic campaign - Yahoo!7

5 hours ago - Mr Brumby made his mark early, hitting the Melbourne airwaves to condemn the Commonwealth ... on families through electricity and water and gas prices," Mr Davis said. ... Desal plant and north south pipeline, trophies to Brumby's utter ...
news.yahoo.com.au/a/-/latest/.../rates-provide-dirt-in-vic-campaign/

Food figures overcooked

3 Nov 2010 ... The latest is that Australia has become a net importer of food. We're told that last financial year, our imports of food and groceries ...
www.theage.com.au/.../food-figures-overcooked-20101102-17cez.htm

YARRA FLOODS WHILE BRUMBY POURS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS DOWN THE DRAIN ...

9 hours ago - “While billions of litres of water go flooding out to sea John Brumby is wasting ... “Labor has desperately tried to sell the north-south pipeline and the ...
www.vic.liberal.org.au/.../YARRA-FLOODS-WHILE-BRUMBY-POURS-BILLIONS-

Labor's Own Goal With Attack on Greens Candidate

15 hours ago - John Brumby announces the government will enter caretaker mode at 5pm on Melbourne .... will not be needed and will only mean an exponential rise in water prices. ... A north south pipeline that is one way to Melbourne - wouldn't it be .

Rate rise will put pressure on Brumby at the polls

1 hour ago - Brumby has long been warning Labor supporters that every vote will count on ...
www.smh.com.au/.../rate-rise-will-put-pressure-on-brumby-at-the-polls-20101102-17ced.html

Crime, transport, water the issues

1 hour ago - And the government's contentious solution to Melbourne's water crisis - a $5 ...
www.theage.com.au/.../crime-transport-water-the-issues-20101031-178we.html

Ouch! Why your utility bills are soaring

 
4 hours ago - IT WAS the last thing the Brumby government needed four days from the ...
www.theage.com.au/.../ouch-why-your-utility-bills-are-soaring-20101030-1789h.html

Brumby wins on economy, Libs on crime

13 minutes ago - VOTERS believe John Brumby will do a better job of managing the economy, the environment, ... the north-south pipeline, bay dredging and the desalination plant. .... with Melburnians said to be facing another doubling of water bills. ...
www.theage.com.au/.../brumby-wins-on-economy-libs-on-crime-20101030-1789i.html

Water bills 'to double again'

2 minutes ago - The new water figures come as the Brumby government faces an election backlash ... north-south pipeline and other works to boost Melbourne's water supply, ...
www.theage.com.au/.../water-bills-to-double-again-20101030-17899.html?...

Front-runner challenged on two fronts

2 hours ago - Premier John Brumby has betrayed his discomfort with an extraordinary appeal ... to respond differently to issues such as major water projects depending on which ... Opposition to the north-south pipeline is concentrated in particular ...
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/.../frontrunner-challenged-on-two-fronts-20101029-177d5.html?...

Water measures just won't wash | The Australian

1 hour ago - But the deluge won't wash the Brumby government's controversial water ... raise water bills through the roof and the Sugarloaf pipeline sending water from ...
www.theaustralian.com.au/.../water...just.../story-fn59niix-1225945349990

Beer pipes up in Seymour - Weekly Times Now

 
1 hour ago - COULD the woman accusing the Brumby government of spying on her pinch the ... the $750 million north south pipeline to pump water from the Goulburn River in ...
www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2010/10/.../253075_politics-news.html