Faced with an approaching election and constant media hype regarding the plight of our rivers during the Millennium drought, John Howard panicked and announced a $10 billion package to ‘save the Murray River’. Then to make matters more muddled, he appointed Malcolm Turnbull as Minister for the Environment and Water.
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