Newsweek: drought story

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TitleNewsweek: drought storySummaryNewsweek story about a drought in the Burdekin River and Charters Towers regions.ContentsIntroduction to the program, which discusses the drought in the Burdekin River. Anderton compares it to the drought in Charters Towers -- Discussion on the droughts in Charters Towers, and how Charters Towers water issues have developed over prior two years -- Interview with a worker who oversees the Charters Towers weir. The worker was concerned that the weir’s water “barely ran over the wall”, and that the project was in “bad need of an overhaul”. The worker then explained that such an upgrade would cost approximately $2 million, and could be completed within two years -- Interview with a worker at the Charters Towers weir, who discusses the severity of the crisis -- Vox populi with Charters Towers civilians, who discuss their thoughts and opinions on the Charters Towers weir -- Interview with Alderman Erick Allman, who compares the crisis in Charters Towers to a similar scenario in Tasmania. Allman states that Tasmania was able to receive $500 million for their crisis, but Charters Towers “wasn’t able to get $2 million” -- Conclusion to the story, where Anderton states that Charters Towers “had a long way to go before it would receive an adequate water supply”Corporate AuthorNQTVVideo File Name4020677CreditsReporter: Rick AndertonOriginal Format 3/4 inch video tape cassetteCollation1 video file (MP4) (9 minutes) : digital ; 356MBDate18th February 1982ImprintTownsville : NQTV, 1982

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Newsweek: drought story