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These 5 ‘post-truth’ claims are fuelling the water wars in Australia
Co-written by John Williams
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The lie of aqua nullius in Australia. Indigenous water reserves are not enough to deliver justice
Co-written by Kat Taylor and Anne Poelina.
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Excessive water extractions, not climate change, are most to blame for the Darling River drying
Co-written by Gilad Bino, John Williams, Long Chu and Richard Kingsford.
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Our national water policy is outdated, unfair and not fit for climate challenges: major new report
Most Australians know all too well how precious water is. Sydney just experienced a severe drought, while towns across New South Wales and Queensland ran out of drinking water. Under climate change, the situation will become more dire, and more common. It wasn’t meant to be this way. In 2004, federal, state and territory governments […]
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Morrison government plan to scrap water buybacks will hurt taxpayers and the environment
The Morrison government declared it will axe buybacks of water entitlements from irrigators, placating farmers who say the system has damaged their livelihood and communities. Instead, Water Minister Keith Pitt says the government will scale up efforts to save water by upgrading infrastructure for farming irrigators in the Murray Darling Basin. The move will anger environmentalists, […]
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Australia, it’s time to talk about our water emergency
Co-written by Matthew Colloff, Paul Wyrwoll and Virginia Marshall.
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While towns run dry, cotton extracts 5 Sydney Harbours’ worth of Murray Darling water a year
The rains have finally arrived in the Northern Murray Darling Basin. Hopefully, this drought-easing water will flow all the way down to the parched communities and degraded habitats of the lower Darling. How much water goes downstream, however, does not just depend on how much it has rained. It also greatly depends on how much […]
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Paddling blind: why we urgently need a water audit
This article was co-written by John Williams.
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