Australias most prestigious award for salinity research the WE Wood Award has been won by a Western Australian with a talent for challenging convention.

Throwing large sums of money at Australias salinity problems is unlikely to be the most effective use of limited resources a national research program has concluded.

A silver bullet to target all of Australias salinity problems may never be found but science is close to providing the answers Chair of Australias National Dryland Salinity Program Kevin Goss commented today in Melbourne.

Salinity managers can now access the most comprehensive salinity management resource ever developed following the launch of Managing Dryland Salinity in Australia by the National Dryland Salinity Program and its partners.

Australian Agriculture Minister Warren Truss has welcomed the release of a report that analyses salinity mapping techniques and highlights practical and effective ways of tackling salinity.