Buying back water from irrigators across the Murray-Darling Basin will not be enough to restore river health because we have big problems getting this ‘environmental water’ to where it’s needed most.
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Marking farms more water-efficient pushes up prices twice as much as buying water back.
Our study predicts a further 0.5°C increase in temperature by 2041 will halve the current number of farmers in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin
Buybacks by open tenders were a successful, cost-effective way of returning water to the Murray-Darling Basin. They should never have been abandoned.
Billions of dollars have been spent on infrastructure schemes in the Murray Darlling Basin with no measurable improvement.
Deep Saini speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics.
The controversy over the water purchase is based on an old story; the election has enabled it to be resurrected for a powerful fresh spin around the political circuit.
The latest Murray-Darling Basin scandal calls into question whether the government is using public money wisely.
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Matthew Flinders Professor in Water Economics, Flinders University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Economics and Head of School, University of South Australia
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Assistant Secretary, Natural Resources, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Regional and Rural Futures, Deakin University
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Research fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Research fellow, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne
