The great water divide

‘‘South Australia’s regional submissions to the basin plan need to explain why they are special and should be considered first.

‘‘That is, why the lower reaches of the basin should not continue to be beholden to the upstream states at the bottom of the entrenched political hierarchy of access to water.

‘‘South Australians get access to the poorest quality water that has been used and re-used many times and which carries the accumulated salt and nutrient load from all the tributaries of the Murray and Darling rivers.’’