But not everyone is losing out on the government’s plans for the Murray Darling basin. A bucket of dead fish was emptied outside NSW minister for regional water Niall Blair’s office on February 7 as ...

Based on current climate and land conditions, the Murray-Darling basin is reducing in size. The basin is an indication on the effects of desertification occuring across the country. Human conditions ...

"The Murray Darling Basin Plan is a $13 billion public expenditure effort trying to, with the objective of restoring water from irrigators to the environment. We are 10 years into that plan ...

It's the only Murray Darling basin state not to sign on to the new agreement, with Water Minister Harriet Shing saying nothing in the new deal changes their opposition to water buybacks.

Human activity has a great impact on the desertification of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin. The environmental factors are Australia's annual averages, which do not vary much within a decade. The ...