The water debate has widened with Queensland Premier Peter Beattie’s proposal to harness some of north Queensland’s massive water flows. If realised, it could massively boost Australia’s fledgling ethanol industry, writes Patrick J. Byrne.According to independent federal MP, Bob Katter, whose electorate of Kennedy covers most of north Queensland, “If just 7 per cent of the waters of the Gulf rivers could irrigate some two million hectares of sugar cane in the Gulf region, this w…
