An independent analysis of the media’s coverage of the water debate since January indicates that politics and vested interests are clouding the issue and confusing the public about the solutions to Australia’s water crisis.
The full report and press release are available on the Media Monitors website at www.mediamonitors.com.au

Editor’s Note:

The MEDIA MONITORS WATER REPORT states “there is very limited objective information and education for the public to make informed decisions…” because of a lack of clarifying publications regarding the most effective solutions to address Australia’s water shortage. 
This is one of this websites objectives to educate and provide information about how the water crisis should be addressed and that we need to concentrate NOT on debating about the “if’s” , “why’s” and “when’s” of this by now scientifically established problem, BUT on publicising and hopefully agreeing on practical solutions to deal with this dilemma that poses a conundrum for all Australians if not the world. 

Yes, if you read this report it could make it very easy to accuse us of NIMBYism (Not In My BackYard), but please keep in mind, that every group has started somewhere and ours came to life because of the proposal to build a Victorian Desalination plant (by now this idea seems to be the envisioned remedy for every major Australian city) has been forced upon us.

And, yes, the Your Water Your Say Action Group’s resolutions state that we are opposing the development of a desalination plant on the Bass Coast, but our mission is set to that all future water provision in Victoria is achieved through environmentally sustainable means, and that should certainly not be seen as a localised effort, but as a very first step to a national approach to opposing desalination and demanding an environmentally sustainable water management for the whole of Australia. 

Please help and support YWYS in its task to educate about the implications of desalination in particular but also to address the lack of information about practical environmentally sustainable water solutions to the water crisis in general.