Controversial new legislation could secure critical water supplies for delicate ecosystems while delivering benefits to the Murray-Darling Basin's agricultural sector, a leading river ecologist says.

Water availability in Australia's most important agricultural region, The Murray-Darling Basin, will continue to decline, with less than required to be shared between community, agricultural needs and ...

Federal Minister for Water Tanya Plibersek today announced a new agreement to restore Australia’s largest and most important river basin. It comes just months before the original Murray-Darling Basin ...

At 5pm Friday the deadline for submissions into the Murray Darling Basin Plan close - and one message from the heart of rural NSW is clear. The current rules governing water and irrigation are a ...

Nations behave wisely, Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban observed five decades ago, “once they have exhausted all other alternatives”. One can only hope that proves the case with water policy in ...