The Murray-Darling Basin is broken. Literally. As in its parts aren't joined up anymore - the Darling River/Barka hasn't flowed into the Murray since 2017.

Macquarie River Food and Fibre strongly opposes the re-purposing of any over recovered water under the Murray Darling Basin Plan for other environmental programs, such as the additional 450GL ...

Mention of the Murray-Darling Basin used bring to mind waterways and food bowls but lately conjures images of frightened, angry communities and claims of rivers near death.

Representatives from almost 50 Indigenous nations across the Murray-Darling Basin have begun talks to develop a treaty. The idea was raised at a water summit at Canberra this week, involving two ...

The Murray River Group of Councils has taken regional issues to Canberra for the National General Assembly of the Australian ...

Recovery of water for the environment under the $12 billion Murray Darling Basin Plan would be halted in its tracks under a move launched by National party senators in Canberra on Wednesday morning.

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Farmers descended on Parliament House in Canberra on Monday to demand the Murray-Darling Basin Plan be scrapped. The man ...

Signed by Murray-Darling Basin states and the federal government in 2012, the plan set water allocation limits, ... Adelaide Advertiser and Courier Mail based in Canberra.

Covering an area of more than one million square kilometres, or 14 per cent of mainland Australia, the Murray–Darling Basin is the country's largest river system. It runs from Queensland, into ...

As part of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, it was determined that water rights — which allow irrigators to take an allocation of water from the rivers each year — should be separated from land ...

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 ...

After a long and contentious public debate, in 2012 Australia embarked on a significant and expensive water recovery program to restore the Murray-Darling Basin’s ecosystems.. Despite general ...