Murray-Darling River Basin
Environment
Australia’s media isn’t accurately reporting all sides of the Murray-Darling Basin debate
A lack of balance in media reporting may have harmed public perception of environmental water allocations in the Murray-Darling – and Indigenous custodians barely get a look in
Politics & Society
Book extract
Is Our Story respected and valued?
Activist and member of The Sapphires, Dr Lois Peeler AM, explores how respect for Indigenous knowledge could and should change modern Australia in this year’s annual Dungala Kaiela Oration
Environment
How to undo Australia’s epic water fail
The failure of the Murray Darling Basin Plan is linked to poor political decisions but also to poor market design. The allocation mechanism for our most valuable tradable natural resource is now a gambling pit, so what can be done to fix this mess?
Sciences & Technology
Don’t blame nature for the disasters we’ve created
Many Australians blame our variable climate for the recent severe bushfires and crippling drought, but researchers say these ‘natural’ disasters are not natural at all
Environment
Preventing more fish deaths in the lower Darling
A new report for the government that investigates the causes of the recent mass fish deaths in the lower Darling River finds climate change and water access agreements helped create a deadly mix
Environment
How did it come to this?
The death of up to a million fish on a stretch of the Darling River highlights the need for the full implementation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan