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270:. It is claimed that a full Lake Eyre would moderate the air temperature in the region by the absorption of sunlight by the water instead of heat radiation from dry land into the air. No evidence to support the theory that an inland sea would increase rainfall has ever been produced, nor have any of the other claims been supported.
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rate in the interior is another negative determinant. No clear evidence has been provided that the amount of water supplied will exceed the evaporation rate. The reduction in river discharge to the Great
Barrier Reef Lagoon may diminish coastal fisheries by reducing the supply of terrestrial organic
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In 1947, W.H.R. Nimmo conducted a critical review of the scheme. He proved that
Bradfield's estimates of the amount of water available from the easterly flowing rivers were about two and half times greater than it actually was. The error was attributed to the methodology used to calculate flow
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Bradfield's scheme and others have been criticised because they are not practical. This scheme has been criticised because of the high capital and ongoing running costs which would make the project uneconomical. Former
Minister for Agriculture and Drought
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Bradfield Scheme has not received broad political support from any of the major Australian parties in recent times, but it has been pushed by individual politicians such as
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problems in areas of
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Map of the water transfers of the scheme, first published 1st October 1938.
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589:. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 1 October 1938. p. 6
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considered the plan to be lacking in scientific justification.
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559:. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. p. 59.
495:. Vol. 7. Canberra: National Centre of Biography,
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794:"'Water war' fears over resurrected Bradfield scheme"
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1779:Water supply and sanitation in Australia
1639:Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, 2006
631:Ghassemi, Fereidoun; White, Ian (2007).
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162:interior, as well as large areas of
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721:Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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254:It is claimed that extra water and
679:Australian Meteorological Magazine
492:Australian Dictionary of Biography
213:and eventually flow south west to
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884:. 4 November 2019. Archived from
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767:Toomey, Jade (9 December 2022).
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802:. Australia. 19 February 2007.
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384:. In February 2007, the then
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1373:Gattonvale Offstream Storage
608:The Revised Bradfield Scheme
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400:Pauline Hanson's One Nation
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1769:Geography of Queensland
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260:climate of Australia
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