Australia principal river system, the Murray-Darling system, gets only half as much water nowadays as in the 20th century, due to global heating — so it will get worse.

Australians believed the water was there but they were taking out too much.

Australia is funding several hail-mary programs to keep the Great Barrier Reef alive another decade or two in the face of global heating.

Succeeding in this, would help the planet-roaster government resist doing anything to limit global heating itself. Even making the attempt will help that.

The article does not mention ocean acidification, which is the other big effect of increased CO2 in the air. In a few decades perhaps, that will kill all corals, and many molluscs, crustacians, and starfish. The excess CO2 may interfere with the thought processes of fish, which could wipe out some species.

Labour voters can help the party overcome the internal sabotage that succeeded in stopping Corbyn from winning the 2017 election.

The UK welfare system has been compelled by circumstances to abandon some of its cruel practices because of the staff requirements. More importantly, the Tories no longer dare pretend that citizens prepared to work reasonably hard will never need government assistance.

They might go back to that pretense once Covid-19 is out of the way.

Contrast the behavior of rich people, such as Richard Branson, who think the government owes them loans after shirking taxes, with the responsibilities they say poor people have.

*"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps," billionaires are fond of telling us. All while making us pay for their boots.*

*Denmark: no bailouts for companies headquartered in tax havens* or that have squandered their reserves on stock buybacks.