November 2025The Climate Outlook report from the Murray-Darling Basin Authority reinforces what communities, scientists and ...

More water rights in the Murray-Darling Basin will be purchased from farmers and irrigators in a renewed push by the federal ...

G'day everyone, welcome to this November edition of River Reach.This week marks the release of 2 major publications as we look forward to the 2026 ...

A report card into the A$13 billion Murray–Darling Basin Plan has found much work is needed to ensure the ecology of Australia’s largest river system is properly restored. The assessment, by the ...

For months, people in remote Indigenous communities have been reporting skin rashes after going in the water, and a report ...

A government plan to reduce irrigation diversions has farmers up in arms. Residents of Australia’s Murray-Darling River Basin reacted angrily this week to the proposed water cuts outlined in a newly ...

Officials in Australia are calling it “Carpageddon”, an ambitious proposal to rid the country’s longest river system—the Murray-Darling—of invasive common ...

The Murray-Darling Basin Declaration was signed on February 5 by 12 eminent scientists and economists — Quentin Grafton, Darla Hatton MacDonald, David Paton, Graham Harris, Henning Bjornlund, Jeffery ...

Less rain will fall in the Darling River catchment as climate change worsens. This fact must be central to decisions about how much water can be taken from the system. Buying back water from ...

JULIA Gillard vows to push ahead with a plan for the Murray-Darling Basin, despite the shock resignation of boss Michael Taylor. Mr Taylor has announced he will leave his post at the end of January, ...

The Lock the Gate Alliance released the statement below on October 19. The Lock The Gate Alliance claims that the Murray Darling Basin will be another casualty as Precautionary Principle is thrown to ...

A landmark 30-year-long study of wetlands in eastern Australia has found that construction of dams and diversion of water from the Murray-Darling Basin have led to a more than 70 per cent decline in ...