What an effective Murray-Darling water policy should look like

March 18, 2019 Lachlan Gilbert (UNSW)

In the lead up to the NSW state election, UNSW’s Professor Richard Kingsford outlines what needs to be done to protect the Murray-Darling rivers and the communities that rely on them. Rivers running dry, algal blooms, more fish […]

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Drought is inevitable, Mr Joyce

September 25, 2018 John Freebairn (University of Melbourne)

Barnaby Joyce, Australia’s new special envoy for drought assistance and recovery, will have to be careful he doesn’t do more harm than good. Government funding of agriculture during a drought typically falls into three categories: subsidies for farm […]

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