- Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
Indigenous engineering and care for Country points to a better way to manage the Baaka.
There are fears the Northern Territory government will allow gas and other industries to extract substantially more water from the environment than is currently allowed.
History is being repeated with the Northern Territory government finding ways to stop Aboriginal people from gaining access to water to use or trade.
First Nations people have almost no say in how water is used in Australia. The Productivity Commission’s latest report does little to address that.
Across the NSW portion of the Murray-Darling Basin, Aboriginal people make up almost 10% of the population. Yet they hold a mere 0.2% of all available surface water.
The new Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council aims to overcome a management problem faced by many traditional owners: the fact that major rivers flow through lands home to many different groups and languages.
Indigenous water rights have been overlooked for a very long time. A bipartisan agreement on the Murray Darling Basin Plan may change that.
While planning policies and practices have contributed to marginalising Indigenous people, planners can now work with them to ensure they have their rightful say in shaping Australian communities.
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