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Canadian pension fund giant PSP Investments has sold $21.5m of its Australian water entitlements to the federal government.
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 ...
The project topic is on Australia's desertification, and focuses particularly on the Murray-Darling Basin. I have gathered data and completed an analysis for this project. Please click on the links ...
A new state-of-the-art tube fishway technology called the "Fishheart" has been launched at Menindee Lakes, located on the ...
Mark Merritt reports. New hope for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan Water campaigners are optimistic that new minister Tanya Plibersek will deliver the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in full. Tracey Carpenter ...
Situated in the Lower Lakes where the Murray-Darling Basin ends, Mr Dodd is on one of the Coorong's two remaining dairy farms, so is aware of how tenuous the flow of water from upstream can be ...
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 ...
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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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...