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Peter Wray Cullen

28 May 1943 – 13 March 2008 (See also an earlier article by Åsa Wahlquist: Man with a plan). After the news of Peter Cullen's final illness was made public on Tuesday March 11, Wentworth Group director Peter Cosier, said … Continue reading

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Zac’s blog 4

Clancy has asked me to write about our best friend Hamish.Hamish used to work at a puppy farm, before he was rescued and went to live with Åsa’s friend Annie. We like Hamish because he has, to quote Clancy, no … Continue reading

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Water hogs leave Darling high and dry downstream

Published in The Australian April 28-29, 2007 Thanks to the drought and too much water being taken upstream, a once great river has been reduced to use as a cricket pitch. 

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Living with less rain

Published in The Australian, December 30, 2006 Much of Australia has been in and out of drought for the past several years, or continuously lacking rain.

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Once it’s wet, they’ll leave

Published in The Weekend Australian July 8, 2006 Åsa Wahlquist goes to the heart of the worsening drought that is afflicting all mainland states.

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Catch it if you can

Published in The Australian April 29, 2005 A long dry has sent water authorities back to the drawing board, but the figures they're using to estimate future dam levels may be flawed.

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The Australian 40 Years: The Land

Published in The Australian July 29, 2004 In 40 years Australian farming has been turned on its head. At the heart of the change is a more hard-headed appreciation of the wide brown land. Rural writer Åsa Wahlquist examines the … Continue reading

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Man with a plan

Published in The Weekend Australian Magazine, May 31- June 1 2003 Not only can environmental scientist Peter Cullen demystify phenomena such as salinity and drought, he has workable solutions – and the ear of the Prime Minister.

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The forensic fireman

Published in The Weekend Australian Magazine March 22-23 2003 Phil Cheney has spent his working life analysing bushfires. Despite the lessons of history, he says Australians still don't understand the nature of fire.

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Sold down the river

Published in The Weekend Australian, February 24- 25, 2001 A 2,500 km journey down the Murray River reveals a once might water course in need of desperate relief.

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