Recent rains have not eliminated the threat of a repeat of last summer’s mass fish deaths.
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Australian winemakers have lost smoke-tainted crops and political leaders apparently cannot solve the Murray Darling crisis. Perhaps climate change is getting the better of us.
The Nationals have stoked opposition to the Murray Darling Basin Plan at every opportunity. Now they cannot contain the fury of rural voters.
A researcher who’s worked for decades to improve the health of the Murray Darling Basin fears the coming months will be among the worst in history.
Buybacks by open tenders were a successful, cost-effective way of returning water to the Murray-Darling Basin. They should never have been abandoned.
How can Australia’s new Inspector General be expected to inspect waterways without a firm grasp of how much water in in them?
Billions of dollars have been spent on infrastructure schemes in the Murray Darlling Basin with no measurable improvement.
A federal program to help the Murray-Darling environment accidentally lowered water levels – but not as much as previous reports had feared.
Simply giving the Commonwealth more power won’t fix the Murray-Darling Basin crisis.
The latest Murray-Darling Basin scandal calls into question whether the government is using public money wisely.
Fish deaths at the lower Darling can happen again. Here’s what we can do about it.
A decade of bipartisan research has provided plenty of answers to the problems plaguing the Darling River.
Public confidence in the institutions in charge of the Murray Darling Basin has plummeted – with good reason.
Algae blooms have killed hundreds of thousands of fish in the last two weeks, but what exactly are they and how do we get them under control?
Australian wildlife can generally cope with drought, but they’re not prepared for the combination of people, introduced animals, and no water.
Farmers are calling for South Australia to ramp up its desalination plant to free up more water from the Murray Darling.
Indigenous water rights have been overlooked for a very long time. A bipartisan agreement on the Murray Darling Basin Plan may change that.
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’.
Top contributors
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Australian Laureate Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National 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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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor, Charles Sturt University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Freshwater Ecology and Director of the Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, La Trobe University
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Matthew Flinders Professor in Water Economics, Flinders University
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Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
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Adjunct Professor Environment and Natural Resources, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists & Adjunct Lecturer, UNSW
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Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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CEO One Basin CRC, The University of Melbourne