Award-winning author Quentin Beresford delves into the history of the Murray-Darling Basin since European settlement and reveals Australia's destructive relationship with the environment, and the willingness of politicians to ignore expert advice.
Professor Quentin Beresford has had a diverse career in teaching, the public service and journalism. He is the author of Rites of Passage: Aboriginal Youth Crime and Justice; Our State of Mind: Racial Planning and the Stolen Generations, which won the Western Australian Premier's nonfiction prize; the multi-award winning biography Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leader's Quest for Justice; The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd, which won the Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prize and Adani and the War on Coal.