Since the MDBA (the Authority) released the long awaited Plan for the Murray-Darling Basin, the response has been both predictable and somewhat muted. Most predictable have been calls for certainty, based…
The science tells us what's good for the environment; it's up to others to decide the priorities.
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CSIRO, like many other research institutions, has helped provide research, models and data to inform the development of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
But the proposed Basin Plan, which was released on…
South Australian communities know what it's like to live without water.
AAP
When the Murray Darling Basin Authority commissioned me in 2011 to examine the social impacts on the Lower Murray and Lakes communities of low flows and drought, I was confronted with irrigation farmers…
Craig Knowles is ready and waiting for your submissions to the plan.
AAP
Yesterday’s release of the proposed Basin Plan for managing the Murray-Darling represents a significant step towards managing one of Australia’s greatest natural assets. The key to the plan’s success will…
We know water is important to environmental health, but a lot of the details are still fuzzy.
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The release of the Draft Murray-Darling Basin plan earlier today, and the announcement that 2,750 gigalitres would be returned to the environment, was followed by predictable outrage. Irrigators said that…
In a changing climate, urban water planning needs to be more flexible.
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The National Water Commission released its Third Biennial Assessment of the 2004 National Water Initiative (NWI) in September.
The NWI is an agreement between all state and territory governments and federal…
Hell or high water: environmental water management needs to be flexible.
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The Murray Darling Basin Authority is about to release a Draft Plan for the management of the Murray Darling Basins water resources.
As with all plans, there will be devil in the detail, especially in…
Irrigators say they like the Windsor Inquiry, but are they looking after their own interests?
AAP
The Windsor Inquiry has handed down its report on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It recommends a halt to water buybacks, more investment in irrigation efficiency and a new governance model for the Basin…
Arguments over water in the Murray Darling are about profits, not life and death.
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Almost every major river basin in the world is significantly impacted by humans. The situation in the Murray Darling Basin (MDB) is certainly not unique.
In river basins all over the world, communities…
A decision on the Murray-Darling is on the way, but will it be evidence based?
AAP
The past few days has shown that the issue of water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin is “back on the boil”. The current discussion is about what evidence is credible and how “evidence” is used to support…
Farmers are fired up, but it's not as bad as they think.
AAP
Reports of the death of the Murray Darling Basin food bowl are grossly exaggerated, to borrow a phrase from Mark Twain.
Farmers have been up in arms about plans to give more water to the environment…
It's blue skies for some parts of the Basin, but others are left wanting.
AAP
The controversy over the Murray Darling Basin Guide centres on the need to strike a balance between the social, economic and environmental uses of water.
The difficulties in undertaking this task are…
