Australian politicians have a history of opting for high-cost, high-emissions desalination projects. The Queensland government is still wary of using the largely untapped resource of recycled water.
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Two Queensland-based experts discuss what so many politicians and pundits get wrong about the Sunshine State – and what its citizens are crying out for.
The draft plan for Southeast Queensland largely takes a ‘provide land for the predicted demand’ approach, which assumes regional planning is a type of technical process best left to the experts.
A long-term plan can’t properly underpin a vision without engaging many of Southeast Queensland’s stakeholders and visitors or without the use of appropriate futures methods.
Top contributors
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Adjunct Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Futurist, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor of History, Australian National University
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Professor of History, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Economics, Monash University
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Professor, the McKinnon Institute for Political Leadership, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Engagement), University of Southern Queensland
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Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University