Murray the Cod and friends challenge Basin Authority to stand up for river reform

Thursday, 28 October 2010

WHAT

‘Murray the Cod’ and friends call on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to stand up for the river, not be intimidated by the noisy irrigation lobby.

NB: Murray (a man in a full-body Murray Cod suit) will be in a bath tub on the steps of the Old Treasury Building.

WHEN

Thursday, 28 October, 1:15pm

(The Murray-Darling Basin Authority public meeting in Melbourne starts at 2:00pm)

WHO

• Dr Paul Sinclair, Australian Conservation Foundation’s Healthy Ecosystems Program Manager and author of The Murray, a river and its people
• Juliet Le Feuvre, Environment Victoria’s Water and Healthy Rivers Campaign Manager

WHERE

Outside the Old Treasury Building at the top end of Collins Street, Melbourne

Contact:

Juliet Le Feuvre, Environment Victoria Water and Healthy Rivers Campaign Manager, 0428 770 019

Sara McMillan, Australian Conservation Foundation Communications Adviser, 0400 834 130

Dr Paul Sinclair, Australian Conservation Foundation Healthy Ecosystems Program Manager, 0409 004 651

Check out the photos here