Lake Eyre Basin Rivers viii 11 Clean green beef – the importance of free-flowing rivers in the Lake Eyre Basin 113 David Brook 12 A life living between a river and a creek 119 Leonie Nunn 13 Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre – not just a wildlife paradise but also an economic lifeline 123 Trevor Wright 14 When our rivers ran dry – 30 years of water resource development in the Murray–Darling Basin 127 Ed Fessey 15 A river and a livelihood – all but lost in a decade 137 Pop Petersen 16 Making a living from the Macquarie Marshes – coping with decisions upstream 145 Garry Hall 17 ‘Once more into the breach, dear friends …’ – the ongoing battle for the Cooper 151 Bob Morrish 18 River and wetland health in the Lake Eyre Basin – an economic perspective 159 Mark Morrison 19 Mining and the Lake Eyre Basin environment – past, present and possible futures 173 Gavin M. Mudd Section 3 Looking after the rivers 193 20 Sustainable management of the Lake Eyre Basin rivers – regulate, educate or open the gate? 195 Tom Crothers 21 Water governance in Queensland – implications for Wild Rivers declarations in the Lake Eyre Basin 213 Poh-Ling Tan 22 Sustainability for the rivers of the Lake Eyre Basin 229 Richard T. Kingsford Index 241