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Here are the promises and policies of the Coalition, Labor, the Greens, One Nation and more.
For the Barkandji people, the crisis on the Barwon-Darling represents the biggest threat to their continued survival on country since the sheep invaded.
A scathing report about the Murray Darling Basin Authority highlights the importance of climate change risks to public sector companies.
The Murray-Darling is not just a food bowl, yet the South Australian Royal Commission has found the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is failing its mission to protect the environment as well as irrigators.
The Murray-Darling Basin Plan has been politically fraught and mired in scandal. But environmental monitoring suggests that the health of the rivers is indeed improving – even if it will take decades.
New South Wales has pledged to walk away from the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, while Victoria’s water minister has declared the plan ‘over’.
A dozen leading researchers have issued an urgent call to action for the Murray-Darling Basin, arguing that the billions spent on water-efficient irrigation have done little for the rivers’ health.
Allegations of water theft have thrown the Murray-Darling Basin Plan into crisis. The solution could involve users declaring their annual water use, subject to random audits - like a tax return.
The system that allocates water use in Australia’s largest river basin relies on a shared commitment by states to uphold the rules. New allegations of water theft threaten to break that trust.
A recent report argues more water is needed to resurrect the Murray-Darling Basin. But simply increasing river flow alone could actually harm the Basin.
Millions of dead carp will fill the Murray-Darling Basin after the government releases a targeted virus. Scavengers like turtles and crayfish might help – as long as we protect them.
Malcolm Turnbull didn’t actually trade his first-born this week but it felt like it might come to that. In a whatever-it-takes frame of mind, the government conceded a great deal to get its legislation…
Tempers have flared once again over the long-term plan to return water to the Murray-Darling River and improve its health.
Efforts to combat water pollution on the Great Barrier Reef aren’t working, according to a new government report.
Many pet fish end up in ponds, fountains and waterways. But before ditching your goldfish in the park, stop and think about the viruses you could also be releasing.
For the Barkindji people, the Darling River has been a symbol of Aboriginal survival since colonial times. Now, the once busy NSW town of Wilcannia is in danger of losing its water.
It’s full steam ahead for bringing vast increases in farming to northern Australia. In fact, probably too fast to adequately consider the environmental impacts.
As El Nino looms, the Murray-Darling is facing another drought. But after almost a decade of investment in water trading and other policies, its prospects are better this time around.
Water isn’t straightforward. And by putting the Nationals in charge of policy for water assets like the Murray-Darling Basin, the government will trigger a complex round of bureaucratic musical chairs.
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics and Head of School, Adelaide University
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Australian Laureate Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, and Fellow of the Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University
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Adjunct Professor Environment and Natural Resources, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University
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Adjunct, Senior Research Fellow (Human Geography), Adelaide University
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Matthew Flinders Professor in Water Economics, Flinders University
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Executive Director and Professor of Fisheries and River Management, Gulbali Institute (Agriculture, Water and Environment), Charles Sturt University, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct Professor, Charles Sturt University
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Research Fellow, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University
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Public policy advice, Australian National University
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CEO One Basin CRC, The University of Melbourne