CANBERRA (Reuters) - Farmers would lose more than a third of irrigation water in Australia's major food bowl, the Murray-Darling, under a plan released on Friday to restore ailing rivers, posing a new ...

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 ...

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

Politicians and landholders vow to fight a controversial new New South Wales law that will allow the inundation of private property from environmental water flows under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has released the findings of a comprehensive evaluation of water reform in the country's largest river system. The review comes 13 years after the adoption of the ...

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 ...

Water is one of Australia’s most valuable commodities. Rights to take water from our nation’s largest river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, are worth almost A$100 billion. These rights can be bought ...

Australia is a country on the brink of a water crisis. Understanding why water is scarce and where the water goes will be ...

This week, the Senate is debating changes to Australia’s most important water laws. These changes seek to rescue the ailing A$13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan to improve the health of our nation’s ...