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Floodplain harvesting likely illegal under NSW water management act, crown solicitor warns

January 31, 2021 Anne Davies (The Guardian)

The practice is common among irrigators throughout the state and most do not have the special permits require. The practice of capturing flood waters moving across plains using levees and dams is almost certainly illegal in New South […]

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Climate change likely to blame for dwindling Murray-Darling inflows, report finds

May 27, 2020 Anne Davies (The Guardian)

Mick Keelty’s review urges governments to stop playing politics with the basin and calls for greater transparency on water sharing The amount of water in the Murray river system is now only about half of what it was […]

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Global efforts on ozone help reverse southern jet stream damage

March 31, 2020 Jonathan Watts (The Guardian)

Jet stream appears to have stopped moving south and may be moving back towards normal International cooperation on ozone-depleting chemicals is helping to return the southern jet stream to a normal state after decades of human-caused disruption, a […]

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Drought to become more frequent and severe due to climate change – government report

November 28, 2019 Amy Remeikis (The Guardian)

Report advises Australia to maintain drought preparations, even in times of normal rainfall Drought is not a natural disaster and must be accepted as an enduring feature of the Australian landscape which climate change is only going to […]

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Global heating supercharging Indian Ocean climate system

November 28, 2019 Peter Beaumont and Graham Readfearn (The Guardian)

Indian Ocean dipole events, linked to bushfires and floods, are becoming stronger and more frequent, scientists say Global heating is “supercharging” an increasingly dangerous climate mechanism in the Indian Ocean that has played a role in disasters this […]

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Parts of Western Australia declared ‘water deficient’ as emergency supplies trucked in

May 23, 2019 Calla Wahlquist (The Guardian)

Farmers in Mallee Hill and Mount Short in the state’s south have run out of water after months of drought. Two areas of Western Australia have been declared “water deficient” and will have supplies trucked in by the […]

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‘The river is sick’: NSW urged to halt floodplain harvesting in Murray-Darling

March 18, 2019 Anne Davies (The Guardian)

Giving irrigators a licence to divert huge volumes of water is a recipe for disaster, opponents say. Aboriginal groups, graziers, environmental groups and the former commonwealth environmental water holder have urged the New South Wales water minister to […]

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The pipeline plan that will drain the lower Darling River dry

January 27, 2019 Anne Davies and Mike Bowers (The Guardian)

‘If you think this is bad,’ say locals of recent mass fish kills, ‘just wait until the Menindee Lakes project goes ahead’ On the banks of the Darling, near Menindee, two grown men are fighting back tears. It’s […]

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NSW accused of jeopardising Sydney’s water supply with decision to axe firefighters

January 19, 2019 Anne Davies (The Guardian)

NSW National Parks staff are preparing to rally outside NSW parliament over job losses in the parks service The quality of Sydney’s water supply could be put at risk by a decision to axe a specialist team of […]

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Plan to dump 15m tonnes of salt waste in Murray-Darling headwaters hits roadblock

January 19, 2019 Ben Smee (The Guardian)

Opponents of plan to dump waste from coal seam gas mining celebrate court decision Controversial plans to dump up to 15m tonnes of salt and other waste near a creek in drought-stricken Queensland have hit an unexpected roadblock […]

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Large agribusiness gains most from $13bn Murray-Darling plan, report finds

November 12, 2018 Anne Davies (The Guardian)

Australia Institute report find communities, graziers, small irrigators and native title holders are being left behind A new report looking at how the $13bn for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is being spent has found that big agribusiness is […]

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Dry, hot summer on the cards with no relief for drought-stricken farmers

October 31, 2018 Naaman Zhou (The Guardian)

Australians should brace for a dry, hot summer, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, with no relief for drought-stricken farmers. The bureau’s climate outlook for November to January, released on Friday, says there is an 80% chance temperatures […]

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Murray-Darling basin plan fails environment and wastes money – experts

February 25, 2018 Anne Davies (The Guardian)

A group of prominent scientists and economists have issued a stark warning to the nation’s politicians: the Murray-Darling basin plan is failing to achieve environmental goals and is a “gross waste” of money. The group of seven economists […]

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