Will the return of buybacks in the Murray-Darling Basin trigger more water fights? Let’s hope not. Buybacks are the most efficient way to recover water for the environment and deliver the Basin Plan.
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Our study predicts a further 0.5℃ increase in temperature by 2041 will halve the current number of farmers in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin
Irrigators get too much water from the Barwon-Darling even when river levels are critically low, according to a NSW government review.
High water prices in the Murray-Darling Basin are blamed on foreign investors and corporate speculators. The simple truth is they are caused mostly by lack of rain.
The Murray-Darling Basin might not survive future climate change shocks without changes to the plan.
Michael McCormack on banks and the bush, and the election battle.
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Acknowledging the big challenges ahead for the Nationals at the election, he told The Conversation he is "not going to write Cowper off yet".
The Murray-Darling is not just a food bowl, yet the South Australian Royal Commission has found the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is failing its mission to protect the environment as well as irrigators.
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Emeritus Professor Water Science, Monash University
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Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Regional and Rural Futures, Deakin University
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of New England
