Dustin Evan Garrick is Philomathia Chair of Water Policy at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/dustin-evan-garrick/rss en Thu, 03 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Dustin Evan Garrick https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2015/09/03/a-surprising-lesson-from-australias-drought-politics-matter https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2015/09/03/a-surprising-lesson-from-australias-drought-politics-matter The celebrated water markets that emerged in Australia are working now because politics remained as important as economics.