"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message

There have been many magic cures proposed to water the dead heart. Send
the water from the east coast back over the mountains to the
Murray-Darling, dig a channel from the ocean up to Lake Eyre.......
nothing that is really feasible. Even if such schemes could be built.....

What about a simple water conservation scheme to start off with? Increase
the tax on water to get people to think twice before they waste water.
(Doesn't it irk you that Transurban uses 1,000,000 litres of fresh water a
day as ballast for their tunnel?)

And encourage people through tax breaks if they install water saving devices
like water tanks or water purification systems.