How Australia’s most iconic inland fish species has bounced back

Murray cod numbers have bounced back across much of Victoria and NSW, and that's good news for the whole Murray-Darling Basin ...

Murray-Darling inflow laws secure water for delicate ecosystems, ecologist says

Controversial new legislation could secure critical water supplies for delicate ecosystems while delivering benefits to the ...
Jurist

Proceedings filed against environmental water project in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin

A community landcare group in Victoria’s northwest has initiated legal action against what it claims is an “unlawful” environmental project in Australia’s southeastern Murray-Darling Basin. The ...
The Conversation

When a 1‑in‑100 year flood washed through the Coorong, it made the vital microbiome of this lagoon healthier

Christopher Keneally receives funding from the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. His research is affiliated with The University of Adelaide and the ...
The Conversation

Excessive water extractions, not climate change, are most to blame for the Darling River drying

You may recall when, at the height of summer in 2019, more than a million fish floated to the surface of the Darling River’s Menindee Lakes. Iconic Murray cod and silver perch were among the dead. A ...
CommonwealthOpinion

Blog: Nature doesn’t work in silos, neither should we

A blog by John E Scanlon AO. John is Australian and British, and lived in Kenya while working for the United Nations. The ...