If the North Central CMA is responsible for managing the region’s waterways and is funded to undertake that responsibility, then the community is entitled to ask a very simple question: who will be accountable if the Loddon River remains choked and the next major flood causes further damage to our community?

The state government’s back-down on the Dookie renewable energy zone was not only a surprise but a glimpse into how the Victorian Government is behaving in pre-election mode.