'Populist' and 'never to happen': critics brush off One Nation's calls to drought-proof western Queensland

One Nation calls for Bradfield Scheme to
 be implemented to drought-proof western
Queensland as it mounts its bid for
 the 2018 state election.

Conservationists and Queensland's Environment Minister Stephen Miles have brushed off One Nation's announcement that it wants to drought-proof western Queensland through a mass water infrastructure project.

One Nation has been plotting its course to the next state election, tipped for 2018, and yesterday announced its first 36 candidates.

Most of the initial candidates are based in regional Queensland, and the party's policy to reconsider the controversial Bradfield Scheme is seen as an attempt to win the rural vote.

Read the ABC Rural story - “'Populist' and 'never to happen': critics brush off One Nation's calls to drought-proof western Queensland.”