The waters of the Murray-Darling Basin support most of Australia's irrigated farming ... that can sicken people, fish and wildlife. During the flood, beneficial microbes from groups such as ...

Drew Fincher remembers when there was little life to be found at Bottle Bend Reserve on the Murray River. Today, the river ...

Based on current climate and land conditions, the Murray-Darling basin is reducing in size ... The land is no longer arable and can no longer support vegetation, wildlife, or human life. People living ...

"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 ...

It's the only Murray Darling basin state not to sign on to the new agreement, with Water Minister Harriet Shing saying nothing in the new deal changes their opposition to water buybacks.

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 ...