1. What was observed on the Murray River?
2. What is a gigalitre?
3. What two groups are in conflict?
4. What has happened to farmer debt?
5. What evidence does the Burge family have against climate change?
6. Why is Wayne Cockayne unhappy?
7. Someone described the Murray as a 'garden of Eden' and a 'graveyard.' Why is that so?
8. What does Neil Eagle mean when he says, "It's become nearly a religion, this idea of global warming"? (para. 9)
9. When it comes to sorting out climate problems over water, what advantage does Australia have over some other areas of the world?
10. What is meant by 'a wry smile' (para. 9)? In what other ways can we describe a smile?