Patrick J Byrne BA co-authored the 2006 book, High and Dry, with Neil Eagle, John O’Brien and Daryl McDonald. He is a former president of the National Civic Council. He writes for their magazine News Weekly on economics, agriculture, foreign affairs, defence, family and cultural issues. He has spent over two decades actively working with farmers on water issues in the Murray-Darling Basin, drawing on the experience of water managers, farmers, economists, scientists and those with other technical knowledge and expertise.
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‘[This book is an enlightenment] and hope for a better, more objective understanding, of water’s fundamental importance for the national economy and its sustenance.’ – RICHARD HAM, Agricultural economist and adviser in the establishment of the Primary Industry Bank of Australia.