Australia Institute 2005, ‘Greenhouse implications of proposed Sydney desalination plant’, Webpaper 78, July.
Australian Journal of Politics and History (AJPH) 2004+, political chronicle on Queensland, available on the Wiley Blackwells journal website.
Brisbane City Council (BCC) Archives, news-cutting volumes on water, 1960–1995 (evidence of burial of water meters from an interviewee who cannot be named until retirement).
Brisbane Institute 2003, Greenspace Audit of Southeast Queensland. Four-page brochure by Gum, K. and Spearritt, P. and accompanying articles in the Courier Mail.
Cole, J. 1984, Shaping a City: Greater Brisbane 1925–1985, Brooks, Brisbane.
Cooley, H., Gleick, P. and Wolff, G. 2006, Desalination, with a grain of salt: a California perspective, Pacific Institute, June.
Dixon, Nicolee 2005, ‘Grey Water on Suburban Gardens’, Queensland Parliamentary Library paper, August.
Interviews 2007–08: A series of interviews was conducted with well-placed scientists within the Department who do not wish to be named until retirement, including some who have been formally retired but re-hired on a consultancy basis during the water crisis. Governments throughout Australia now regularly prevent public servants from speaking frankly about issues on which they are expert, especially if the issues are regarded as politically sensitive. Informed public debate suffers as a result.
Pretty, Lynda 2006, ‘Water Restrictions in Queensland’, Queensland Parliamentary Library paper, November.
Sinclair, Knight, Merz (trading as Queensland Infrastructure Pty Ltd) 2007, ‘Environmental Impact Statement, Traveston Crossing Dam’, October. This 1600-page report is available for download at www.qlwid.com.au and on CD rom. Quotes from chapter two: 22–4)
Spearritt, P. 2003, ‘Can Brisbane remain a sub-tropical city’, Queensland Review, vol.10, no.2, November: 25–36.
Spearritt, P. 2004, ‘The 200 kilometre city: Noosa to the Tweed’, 12-page brochure, Brisbane Institute.
Vuuren, Kitty van 2007, ‘The Local Press and the Water Crisis’, seminar paper, Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland.
Warren, Matthew 2007, ‘Politics of Water’, The Australian, 13 October.