Declining water flows and worsening habitat conditions see new sections of the Murray-Darling Basin declared at extreme risk.

Less rain will fall in the Darling River catchment as climate change worsens. This fact must be central to decisions about how much water can be taken from the system. Buying back water from ...

An extra 130 gigalitres of water will be purchased by government, in an unexpected announcement by Environment Minister Murray Watt. The senator says a plan to recover 450 gigalitres of water is ...

A comprehensive review of research into the economic consequences of controversial water buybacks in the Murray-Darling Basin reveals many studies are of poor quality. Better standards are needed.

The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists checked how much water flowed past 27 river gauges across the Murray-Darling Basin compared to how much was expected from Basin Plan modelling. They found ...

The Australian National University Centre for Water Economics has called for an urgent rethink after data shows the volume of water used by irrigators now is no different from the drought period that ...

A community landcare group in Victoria’s northwest has initiated legal action against what it claims is an “unlawful” environmental project in Australia’s southeastern Murray-Darling Basin. The ...

The lower Murray River has been designated critically endangered by the Albanese government as it blasted the environmental ...

The federal government is set for a showdown with the eastern states after announcing plans to pump billions of litres of extra water into the Murray-Darling Basin ecosystem. Prime Minister Julia ...

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says preparations are being made so the state can be ready to launch possible High Court action over the proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan. Mr Weatherill has ...

Environmentalists in India claim a wetland is being purposefully drained by its private owners. “The wetland is purposely dried off-and-on by vested interests with a view to showing that is it not a ...