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History is being repeated with the Northern Territory government finding ways to stop Aboriginal people from gaining access to water to use or trade.
The Supreme Court recently dealt defeat to Florida in its 20-year legal battle with Georgia over river water. Other interstate water contests loom, but there are no sure winners in these lawsuits.
Dam politics have resurfaced in Africa as the continent’s urban population grows.
First Nations people have almost no say in how water is used in Australia. The Productivity Commission’s latest report does little to address that.
A major new report from the Productivity Commission calls for an overhaul of Australia’s 17-year-old policy on water.
The decision recognises that water rights are critical for Indigenous people to restore customs, protect their culture, become economically independent and heal Country.
Across the NSW portion of the Murray-Darling Basin, Aboriginal people make up almost 10% of the population. Yet they hold a mere 0.2% of all available surface water.
The holy river is used and abused so much that it barely reaches the Dead Sea these days.
From mass climate change movements to cultural genocide of Uighurs in China, here are some of the headline human rights moments that captured Australia’s attention.
Outdated water permit systems are threatening food security on the continent. Here’s what can be done.
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has suggested changing the rules to allow ‘environmental’ water to be diverted to drought-hit farms. But the idea would be far less straightforward in practice.
A number of factors have contributed to the horrible stories coming out of the Royal Commission, including market instability and the financialisation of farming.
Indigenous water rights have been overlooked for a very long time. A bipartisan agreement on the Murray Darling Basin Plan may change that.
Undrinkable drinking water is just one example of how blockades and war have permeated an entire ecosystem.
Ever since British settlement, water rights in Australia’s north have favoured landowners over traditional owners, effectively locking Aboriginal people out of agricultural development.
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Early Career Academic Fellow, Centre for Resources, Energy and Environment Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
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Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
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Professor of Water Security, University of East Anglia
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Australian Laureate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Director, Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Foundation Chair in Australian Indigenous Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Human Geography, University of New England
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Scientia Professor, UNSW
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Reader, Australian Catholic University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Law, UNSW
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Research fellow, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
