Personally, I think the Murray Darling basin is a lost cause - what Nick Xenophon wants is just unrealistic - he wants the Govt to buy back the water licenses, but all that will do is make that farming land unsaleable because it's usually unproductive as anything else BUT irrigated farming because of the way it is set up. Plus if there is no one growing the fruit and vege that rely in irrigation in those areas, then that becomes more costly to us as a whole as we have to rely on imported foods - meaning that they are kept in cold storage for longer and we are being forced to buy sub-standard food. It was the Governments fault in the first place that it's in the state it is in by over-selling the water allocations (seriously, they have sold more water than what is even in the river to start with) so they could get their greedy little hands on more money for essentially nothing.

Even though the cash handouts are the weakest link, I still think it will go through with some modifications to it, maybe that we don't get as much etc - it's ridiculous that if it went through as it was I would get nearly $5000.