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 ...

Michael Stewardson is a member of the Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Science, which advises the Murray Darling Basin Authority, although he is not representing the views of ...

There is no denying that the Murray–Darling Basin is an Australian icon. However, its vastness means many people don’t know just how important it is to the nation’s environment, culture and economy.

Last week’s Murray-Darling Basin report laid many problems bare for all to see. But it also exposed an affordable solution to its ongoing problems, writes Tyler Rotche. Slowly but perhaps only ...

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has released the findings of a comprehensive evaluation of water reform in the country's largest river system. The review comes 13 years after the adoption of the ...

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 ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Farmers would lose more than a third of irrigation water in Australia's major food bowl, the Murray-Darling, under a plan released on Friday to restore ailing rivers, posing a new ...

The rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin are dying. While average inflows decline due to climate change, extractions for irrigation remain at environmentally damaging levels. But the plan for management ...

A report card into the A$13 billion Murray–Darling Basin Plan has found much work is needed to ensure the ecology of Australia’s largest river system is properly restored. The assessment, by the ...