South Australians rally to save Murray

Hundreds of South Australians screamed SOS from Murray Bridge on Saturday afternoon, not because their souls needed rescuing but as a plea to politicians to save their local water system.

Residents of the lower lakes of the Murray River, scientists, community leaders and
opposing politicians rallied across the River Murray calling for a fresh solution to
the pending acidification threatening the iconic river system.
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said the rally was an opportunity for different
parts of the community to come together and not feel isolated.
"If we allow it to fade away into history then we're not just affecting that local
environment but it's also going to have a big impact on peoples livelihoods and
those other environments that animals travel to and from," she told AAP.
She said the Rann government's quick fix suggestion to flood the lower lakes with
salt water would devastate the already fragile system, adding that a fresh water
allocation needed to be secured for the environment.
"It's a matter of where you get it from and also who has the will and the courage to
go and get it."