As Australia's competition watchdog prepares to study the Murray-Darling Basin's $2 billion water trade, a trip up the river finds irrigators are worried about the way the market is unfolding.

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan was legislated in 2012, with bipartisan support across the Commonwealth and basin states, to provide more water for the environment.

Then in 2012, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan was agreed to by the federal government and four states to manage the water in a system made up of the Murray and Darling rivers.

The study also examines the impact of increased environmental flows provided under the Murray-Darling Basin plan. Although more water could lead to about an 18 per cent recovery in waterbird ...

It may have been a long process, but there is now a tangible set of water use regulations for the ailing Murray-Darling Basin, Australia’s largest and most economically productive agricultural region.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said an updated $13 billion plan to revive the troubled Murray-Darling Basin water system is important for any Australian who cared about the environment.

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.

Water data from the Murray Darling Basin is now more transparent and accessible than ever. The Bureau of Meteorology has completed its online portal which collates in one place information including ...

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 ...

The Murray Darling Basin Authority’s Annual Operating Outlook is showing high levels of water storage..improving confidence for the new water year. There are approximately 770 gigalitres more water in ...

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 ...