The Murray-Darling Basin plan won’t be delivered on time or on budget despite a recently announced extension of the deadline, the Productivity Commission says.
30 October, 2023
Water managers will have to be adaptive and agile to meet the challenges ahead, the Productivity Commission says.
11 February, 2021
The government favoured irrigators over the environment in the Murray Darling Basin, the ICAC says.
30 November, 2020
An audit has found the Murray Darling Basin water buyback system isn’t getting value for money.
16 July, 2020
Researchers say a new automated method of ground water monitoring will improve drought management.
22 May, 2019
Governments need to reconsider Murray Darling Basin management policies following a recent mass die-off of fish, an expert says.
11 April, 2019
The current standoff over water allocations in the Murray Darlin Basin is as good an example as you could ever find of how Australia’s federal system is broken. The Murray Darling Basin Plan was supposed to be the epitome of how Australia’s states and territories could work with each other and the Federal Government for […]
15 February, 2018
Opponents of releasing more water into the Murray Darling river system for environmental purposes have suffered a defeat. A new independent report says the plan to add 450 gigalitres (GL) annually to the 2750 GL currently released will be good for the environment and have overall socioeconomic benefits. The 300 page report was commissioned by […]
22 January, 2018
South Australia will launch its own Royal Commission into the allocation of water under the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement. The moves follows a number of damning reports on allegations of water theft and mismanagement, and what the South Australian Government regards as a coverup by the Federal and NSW Government. The issue has been brewing for […]
26 November, 2017
It is five years ago today (22 November) since the announcement of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. But not everybody is happy. The Basin Plan is the latest attempt to reconcile the many demands on water from the extensive river system. It was agreed to at the time by the six governments with jurisdiction over the […]
22 November, 2017
NSW leader’s career drowned by inconsistent evidence over delivery of 1959 bottle of Penfolds Grange.
16 April, 2014
In a press statement released on Tuesday, Mr Taylor announced that he had written to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Tony Burke, the problematic development of the Muray-Darling Basin Plan. Mr Taylor said balancing social and economic impacts of the plan against the Water Act 2007 posed a “significant challenge”. However, […]
7 December, 2010
By Angela Dorizas The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has announced that it will undertake further analysis of the social and economic impacts of proposed water cuts on local communities. MDBA chair, Michael Taylor, said the decision to conduct an expanded study was in response to recent community backlash against the scale of cuts. “Over the […]
18 October, 2010
Image: Murray Darling Basin Authority. By Angela Dorizas The Coorong District in South Australia was made famous in the 1976 Australian film Storm Boy, but the once idyllic coastal setting is on the verge of collapse. Reduced flows from the Murray-Darling river system, combined with drought and hypersalinity, has resulted in an ecological disaster. The South […]
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