Victoria set for another year of above average rainfall

[Syndrome]

With the recent storm and another deluge due in the next 24 hours, it makes me remember the desalination plant sitting idle in Wonthaggi. Nearly a decade since it was completed and it has only produced minimal water to prevent the plant from becoming derelict due to lack of use. Who was the scientist who claimed at the time that it was "never going to rain again"?