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Sunlight decreases the toxicity of golden algae, which kills millions of fish in the southern United States every year. Several…
The consistent and widespread decline in stream biodiversity at lower levels of urban development is more damaging than previously…
The Windsor Inquiry has handed down its report on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It recommends a halt to water buybacks, more investment in irrigation efficiency and a new governance model for the Basin…
Almost every major river basin in the world is significantly impacted by humans. The situation in the Murray Darling Basin (MDB) is certainly not unique. In river basins all over the world, communities…
Much to the chagrin of Australian governments, water managers and farmers, the continent’s signature climate variability and unpredictability has meant that water is generally at the wrong place at the…
The past few days has shown that the issue of water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin is “back on the boil”. The current discussion is about what evidence is credible and how “evidence” is used to support…
The Coal Seam Gas (CSG) industry constitutes an interesting opportunity for Australia. We could get a lot of positive things out of CSG. But it does produce a lot of “waste water”: if things go badly there…
Governments and communities must take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions this decade or face enormous social…
A vision splendid of the sunlit plain extended? The federal budget acknowledges the profound impact of flood, fire and cyclones on our economy. It compensates, rebuilds and funds mental health programs…
Farmers in developing countries could benefit from a new irrigation system developed by researchers at the University of…
Reports of the death of the Murray Darling Basin food bowl are grossly exaggerated, to borrow a phrase from Mark Twain. Farmers have been up in arms about plans to give more water to the environment, but…
Apparently desalination plants are the answer to keeping Australian cities supplied with water. All that is required is to remove enough salt from an unlimited source of water to provide for each city’s…
The Productivity Commission’s recent report on Australia’s urban water sector sets out the economic case for reform. One reform they suggest: remove water conservation measures. In Melbourne, most people…
The controversy over the Murray Darling Basin Guide centres on the need to strike a balance between the social, economic and environmental uses of water. The difficulties in undertaking this task are most…
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Associate Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, and Fellow of the Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Economics and Head of School, University of South Australia
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Early Career Academic Fellow, Centre for Resources, Energy and Environment Law, University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
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Distinguished visiting professor, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Melbourne
