After 7 long years, Mike fights for SA.

A bit late Mike, but at last you are seen to be fighting for South Australia.
I guess the "historical agreement" you signed last year was just another of your spins.

However you now appear to be doing exactly what we expected of our premier.
At last, after seven long years, you have realised how important the Murray and Lower Lakes are to us.
Well done, keep it up!! KS.

South Australia is preparing a constitutional challenge seeking to remove water trading barriers in upstream states of the Murray-Darling Basin. Premier Mike Rann says limits on trading water licences are "a cap on the rescue of the River Murray". He says his Government has exhausted all diplomatic channels and he has instructed the state's solicitor-general to lead the challenge, adding: "I am prepared to take (this) all the way to the High Court".

"The states' rights in this matter are referred to in the Australian constitution," he told parliament today. "We do not undertake such action lightly. Our objective shall be to return sufficient permanent fresh water to the river to restore its health." Victoria's 4 per cent cap on trading water licences out of Victorian districts was one such barrier, he said. -- AAP