Just for the record:  Australia's  Minister for Water,  Senator Penny Wong,  is on record as having blocked a trial in 2008 in  the South Australian Riverland, intended to prove a new form of fertilizer which had already been shown to reduce irrigation water requirement by 40%. The trial application by Geomite Pty Ltd of Adelaide was for independent supervision of a three year ten acre treatment intended to point the way to massive reduction in Murray River water input and was supported by Toll transport.  No costs were sought by this company or Toll.   The Minister refused to assist or to meet with the company's staff whose location was less than 5 km distant from her office. The product was successfully trialed independently but without the supervision required.   This company found the commitment of the Australian Government to new agriculture development to be suspect, despite the hype!

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Just for the record:  Australia's  Minister for Water,  Senator Penny Wong,  is on record as having blocked a trial in 2008 in  the South Australian Riverland, intended to prove a new form of fertilizer which had already been shown to reduce irrigation water requirement by 40%.

The trial application by Geomite Pty Ltd of Adelaide was for independent supervision of a three year ten acre treatment intended to point the way to massive reduction in Murray River water input and was supported by Toll transport.  No costs were sought by this company or Toll.  

The Minister refused to assist or to meet with the company's staff whose location was less than 5 km distant from her office.

The product was successfully trialed independently but without the supervision required.  

This company found the commitment of the Australian Government to new agriculture development to be suspect, despite the hype!