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19 March – The 2022 South Australian state election results in defeat for Steven Marshall's Liberal government, and Labor leader Peter Malinauskas claims victory. [20] Pauline Hanson's One Nation Sarah Game won a seat within the South Australia legislative council (upper house) making history as One Nation first member of SA parliament. [21]
Level 5 water restrictions in Goulburn in 2006. Pejar dam, the water supply for Goulburn in November 2005. Water restrictions have been enacted in many cities and regions in Australia, which is the Earth's driest inhabited continent, [1] in response to chronic water shortages resulting from the widespread drought.
The water industry usually places such restrictions on their customers during droughts or when the reservoirs supplying the water are becoming empty. Previously, contravening a temporary water restriction is a criminal offence in the United Kingdom under the Water Industry Act 1991 (though the first prosecution for "wasteful use of water" was ...
December 2022 events in Australia (1 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 26 January 2025, at 23:55 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The use of reclaimed water – the non-potable reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation of green spaces, golf courses, agricultural crops or industrial uses – is common and increasing in Australia. Among the 20 largest water utilities in Australia, the largest volume of recycled water supplied was by SA Water in Adelaide (25,047 ML or 29.6% ...
Persistently hot, dry conditions enforce water restrictions in the city. [38]From January 30-6 February 2011, Western Sydney endured eight days in a row above 35 °C (95 °F) along with 5 nights in a row above 24 °C (75 °F). 6 days reached 39 °C (102 °F) with a peak temperature of 42.2 °C (108.0 °F) on the 5th of February.
December 2022 events in Australia (1 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 2 March 2022, at 22:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Water security in Australia became a major concern in Australia in the late 20th and early 21st century as a result of population growth, recurring severe droughts, effects of climate change on Australia, environmental degradation from reduced environmental flows, competition between competing interests such as grazing, irrigation and urban water supplies, and competition between upstream and ...