Lake Eyre Basin Rivers 250 Red List of Threatened Species 31, 33 refuge habitats 10, 51, 66, 69, 110, 154, 195, 233 regional bodies, Lake Eyre Basin 85 Regional Interests Development Approval (RIDA) 199 Regional Planning Interests Act 2014 (Qld) 64, 199, 203, 224 rehabilitation minerals industry and 178, 184, 189 Murray–Darling system 231 Reid, Julian 156 replacement water sources 161 resource access, Queensland legislation 203 Resource Operations Plans (ROPs) 131, 203–4 resource potential, Olympic Dam 181 responsibility sharing 88 ridge-tailed goanna (Varanus acanthurus) 105 Rinehart, Gina 176 ringed brown snake (Pseudonaja modesta) 70 riparian terrestrial fauna, protection of 207 riparian vegetation protection of 44, 218 Wild River declaration 206 river champions, Lake Eyre Basin 77–93 river cooba (Acacia stenophylla), destruction of 139 river flows 20 developmental proposals and 89 management 19–29, 90 reductions 161 St George River 128 variability 9, 12 river gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), destruction of 139, 147 River Murray economic values and 163 flow increase 168 rivers Aboriginal tribes and 104 assessment monitoring 82 costs 231 development lobbyists 237 fish ecology and 31–42 irrigation and 209 Lake Eyre Basin 3–18, 195–211, 229–39 protection of 207 roads, habitat destruction and 70 Roberts, Brian 156 Robertson, Stephen 157, 223 roly-poly (Sclerolaena muricata) 139 Roxby Downs 181 rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora) 14 rufous night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) 11, 145 sacred places, caves 105–6 Saga Creek 183, 184 St George 127, 128, 129, 131, 138, 139 salinity costs 166, 167, 168 shale gas industry and 188 variations in 11 sampling, fish catches 49 sandy inland mouse (Pseudomys hermannsburgensis) 66, 68, 69 Santos Limited 19, 184, 186 Scientific Advisory Panel 79, 81, 84, 86, 87, 91, 207, 215, 224 scientific research 98 cotton growing and 78 irrigation development and 141, 147–8 Lake Eyre Basin and 89, 237 water resource plans and 203 scientific workshop, Windorah 156, 215 seasonal recruitment strategy 45, 48 seeds 66, 67 seismic activity, fracking and 188 setback distances 206 Shakespeare, William 152, 158 shale gas industry 174, 176, 187–8, 189, 197 sheep industry 6, 128, 137 silver production 180, 181, 182 silver tandan (Porochilus argenteus) 33, 34, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50 Simpson Desert 31, 33, 65, 66, 67, 68, 196 sinkholes 105–6 ‘sleeper’ licences (water) 100, 156, 204, 209, 210, 221, 231, 232, 236 sleepy cod (Oxyeleotris lineolata) 14, 35, 39, 40, 43–4 small flow events 27 small mammals 66, 71 small-scale irrigation 210, 231 large-scale development versus 232 promotion of 100, 121, 209 Queensland government and 207, 209 snakes 70 Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme 12, 164 social justice principles 85 solar power generation 125 solution ponds, failure of 183 ‘Song of the River’ (2006) (McLaughlin) 113 South Australia 3, 7, 8, 20, 22, 23, 36, 37, 40, 78, 79, 80, 85, 91, 99, 104, 110, 114, 123, 126, 151, 158, 176, 181, 184, 185, 195, 200, 204, 206, 215, 222 South Australian Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board 78, 79 South Australian Government v, 19, 31, 80, 81, 85, 87, 195, 216, 234 spangled perch (Leiopotherapon unicolor) 33, 34, 36, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50 spatial variability, river flows 20–4, 27 Special Floodplain Management Areas (SFMAs) 157, 206, 207, 208, 210, 217, 218 spinifex (Triodia basedowii) 66 spinifex hopping-mouse (Notomys alexis) 66, 67, 68 ‘Spotlight on Lake Eyre Basin’ conference 229–30 spring populations, threats to 31–42, 47 Springvale springs 31, 32, 36 stakeholders 88, 91, 97, 178, 213, 215, 222 State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (Qld) 198, 199, 203, 217, 218 State Development, Infrastructure and Planning (Red Tape Reduction) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 (Qld) 198, 209, 224 stated preference measurement techniques 161–2 State of the Basin Report 2008 82, 87 status quo, Lake Eyre Basin policy 217, 235 statutory environmental controls 203, 210, 217 Stevenson v Wenk (1992) 220, 221 stewardship values 115, 160