juggler said...Why not a big long pipeline from far north qld all the way to vic & when it floods up there all the water can be pumped & shared between the states... brilliant

That's what Jeff Kennet tried to do at a premiers meeting 13 years ago. The cost back then was $10 Billion. One desal plant costs $3-4 Billion. It would of drought proofed the eastern states. They were the only lib state government at the time and Jeff got smashed. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Could have been something to do with his hair tho