In cotton-growing areas wholly dependent on irrigation, Jones says, "I'm lucky to get out with my life." The Coorong represents only one glaring example of the Murray-Darling Basin's imperiled ...

Human activity has a great impact on the desertification of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin. The environmental factors are Australia's annual averages, which do not vary much within a decade. The ...

The recent rush to announce water purchases to boost Murray Darling Basin environmental flows, have come in the lead-up to a May 3 federal election in which Labor is trying to win over South ...

The Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment Mechanism is a policy built into the Murray Darling Basin Plan that oversees decisions made on water allocation. The political compromise is the amount ...

"The Murray Darling Basin Plan is a $13 billion public expenditure effort trying to, with the objective of restoring water from irrigators to the environment. We are 10 years into that plan ...

When Malcolm Turnbull announced his retirement from politics in April, he trumpeted his achievement of “a truly revolutionary reform of the way water is managed in Australia”. He rightly referred to ...

Based on current climate and land conditions, the Murray-Darling basin is reducing in size. The basin is an indication on the effects of desertification occuring across the country. Human conditions ...