It will take decades, but the Murray Darling Basin Plan is delivering environmental improvements

May 30, 2018 Angus Webb (University of Melbourne), Darren Ryder (UNE), Fiona Dyer (University of Melbourne), Michael Stewardson (University of Melbourne), Mike Grace (Monash University), Nick Bond (La Trobe University), Paul Frazier (UNE), Qifeng Ye (IWCE), Rick Stoffels (CSIRO), Robyn J Watts (Charles Sturt University), Samantha Capon (Griffith University), Skye Wassens (Charles Sturt University)

Amid the politics, it’s sometimes easy to forget that the Murray-Darling Basin Plan was originally designed primarily to restore the rivers’ environment. While questions have been raised over the plan’s governance, economics, and political commitment by the states, it is important to note […]

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States’ dummy-spit over the Murray-Darling Basin Plan clouds the real facts

February 25, 2018 Quentin Grafton (ANU), John Williams (ANU)

Given the outraged reaction from some state water ministers to the disallowance of an amendment to the Murray Darling Basin Plan, you would be forgiven for thinking that a heinous crime had been committed against farmers in upstream states. In fact, what happened […]

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