The basin has faced challenges throughout history but the system designed to protect it does not factor in a changing climate This is part of a series of essays by Australian writers responding to the challenges of 2020 One hundred and fifty years ago Ludwig Becker, a member of the Burke and Wills expedition, did […]
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New FOI ruling orders disclosure of CSIRO internal documents on its response to Murray-Darling criticisms
The information commissioner says release of material previously redacted by the scientific agency is a matter of public interest An important freedom of information ruling from the information commissioner involving the CSIRO has set a new bar on when the public service can withhold documents detailing internal deliberations if they concern matters of public importance. […]
Irrigators given subsidies under $4bn Murray-Darling scheme drew more water, study finds
Study argued such schemes are like ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul, while half of irrigators said program was ‘wasteful’ A new study has found that the government’s $4bn Murray-Darling irrigation efficiency program, designed to make farms more efficient while returning some of the saved water to the environment has actually led to irrigators who received […]
Federal government withholds water funding from NSW in Murray Darling standoff
Minister disappointed that New South Wales did not submit Murray Darling Basin resource plans The federal government is withholding millions of dollars from the New South Wales government for failing to complete water resource plans for the Murray Darling Basin. In a letter to the state’s water minister, Melinda Pavey, the federal water resources minister, […]
Australia launches emergency relocation of fish as largest river system faces collapse
There are doubts the Noah’s Ark plan for the Lower Darling will be enough to prevent more mass fish kills Faced with a looming ferocious summer with little rain forecast, the New South Wales government has embarked on a Noah’s Ark type operation to move native fish from the Lower Darling – part of Australia’s […]