Have you ever wondered why some river valleys seem to have weather that dances to its own tune? From sudden fog banks rolling ...

Murray Darling Basin rush: $210m of irrigators’ water purchased in six weeks Irrigators have sold $35.6 million dollars worth of water to the government this week, bringing the six week total to ...

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.

The case adds to ongoing debates surrounding the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, with critics concerned that such projects reduce the overall water available for the river system. First Nations groups have ...

One of Australia's most expensive environmental policies is changing the way water and land are used to grow our crops and tend to livestock. This is how the Murray-Darling Basin Plan has ...

First Nations water groups have welcomed changes to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan which will formally acknowledge their connection to water and aim to increase Indigenous ownership.

Geographer Dr Celine Steinfeld asks, Will improvements in management of the MDB be enough to return this critical water system to health? A ruling by the 2019 Murray–Darling Basin Royal Commission led ...

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has forecast that inflows to major rivers could halve by 2060 under the current trajectory of global warming. But water recovery has been stalled at around 2100 ...

Despite water recovery targets being so off track it will be “virtually impossible” to achieve them on time, tearing up the Murray-­Darling Basin Plan to start anew is not an option, federal ...

Australia has the most sophisticated water markets in the world, in the Murray-Darling Basin. But even here there are considerable differences in how markets work.