Will Australia become a large desert?

Mate, when seen from space, Australia has ALWAYS looked like a large desert. I think they call it the Outback, but don't quote me. Me, myself, I'm keeping tabs on the melting of the polar ice. An ice mass bigger than Texas has melted in the last 3 years. So, I believe your question becomes move to where? Looking at the bright side, rain cycles may again pick up in Australia and things could turn around. But ultimately, maybe not for another 500 years, the Earth's loss of it's reflective index will mean that solar radiation will start to cook not just Australia, but the globe. My advice? Don't have any children. Not the most popular advice, I'll grant you that. G'day.

Our water shortage is not due to actual shortage of water, it is due to water management primarily not conducted by any government.

Australia is a huge island and surrounded by water.

Salt water from oceans can be desalinated very cheaply, and without multi-billion dollar projects (wheeling and dealing). Australia has a relatively high share of solar radiation. Very cheap technology, using condensation principles can be devised to farm distilled water from oceans, without a single bit of electrical parts or any solar PV purchase. Politicians and Professors would rather brag about costly projects as long as they can get away with a commission or a funding.

Existing rainfall in both urban and country areas is hardly harvested. They complain it does not rain where the obsolete reservoirs are. The truth is rain water can be harvested anywhere. Again, water management is missing.

As long as "old boys" are running the country, and they can get away with their slack performance and blind vision, there will not be a cost effective solution.

However, when resources become desperate, then simple solutions will be implemented.

Do not worry, there will be sufficient resources for a very long time to tap. What is missing is performance.

I believe that it is possible to reclaim land from encroaching desertification. Land-reclamation projects are being used in sub-saharan africa that could also be used in Australia. Also, if more drought-resistant trees are planted, maybe it can develop a base for more moisture in the air from the tree canopy, which could pull in more rain over time. Plants are like a "moisture bank" that helps build atmospheric moisture levels if large enough & lush enough, I believe. Just look at where the tropical weather systems develop. Other items to deal with may be how the land is or isn't used in other ways, to conserve available moisture/rainfall & also promote plant growth.

I dont know, maybe all the cloud seeding world wide is doing it,

but we do need millions of trees put back into our land of OZ

trees make rain i think

we have caused a lot of damage in 200 years

Last time I checked, Australia is already a desert.....

Move to Antartica.

yes, move to Fiji

no it wont ..it will never ... believe