#murraydarlingbasin — Public Fediverse posts
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The plan to restore the Murray-Darling rivers may be delayed as federal funding wasn't approved. #murraydarlingbasin
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Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/24/adelaide-airport-cancels-environment-ads-keeps-gas-mining-advertisements #Adelaide #AustraliaNews #AustralianMedia #MurraydarlingBasin #Environment #LaborParty #AustralianPolitics #Conservation
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Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/24/adelaide-airport-cancels-environment-ads-keeps-gas-mining-advertisements #Adelaide #AustraliaNews #AustralianMedia #MurraydarlingBasin #Environment #LaborParty #AustralianPolitics #Conservation
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Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference
By Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondentDigital billboards from environmental groups, targeting Labor MPs attending national conference, cancelled with airport stating they are ‘too political’
#Adelaide #Australianews #Australianmedia #MurrayDarlingBasin #Environment #Laborparty #Australianpolitics #Conservation #TheGuardian #GrahamReadfearnEnvironment #climatecorrespondent
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Bid to fix stubborn Murray River sand slug 'hamstrung' by competing demands
By Alice WalkerThe Murray Darling Basin Authority is finalising its study on what to do about an increasing river impediment amid a First Nations call to find common ground.
#Rivers #EnvironmentalManagement #WaterResources #Agriculture #MurrayDarlingBasin #AliceWalker
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Bid to fix stubborn Murray River sand slug 'hamstrung' by competing demands
By Alice WalkerThe Murray Darling Basin Authority is finalising its study on what to do about an increasing river impediment amid a First Nations call to find common ground.
#Rivers #EnvironmentalManagement #WaterResources #Agriculture #MurrayDarlingBasin #AliceWalker
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Mass fish deaths feared as Minns government promise to restore Murray-Darling rivers in doubt https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/06/fish-deaths-murray-darling-nsw-failed-funding-bid-better-water #NewSouthWales #MurraydarlingBasin #Fish #Water #NewSouthWalesPolitics #Environment
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Water flows to parched NSW wetlands could be turned back on within weeks as drought fears loom https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/08/water-flows-nsw-wetlands-drought-gwydir-australia #MurraydarlingBasin #Water #Environment #Wildlife #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews #Animals #Biology #AustraliaWeather #RuralAndRegionalAustralia #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustralianGreens #AustralianLaw #Farming
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Water flows to parched NSW wetlands could be turned back on within weeks as drought fears loom https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/08/water-flows-nsw-wetlands-drought-gwydir-australia #MurraydarlingBasin #Water #Environment #Wildlife #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews #Animals #Biology #AustraliaWeather #RuralAndRegionalAustralia #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustralianGreens #AustralianLaw #Farming
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Narrandera 2026: murky brown sludge from the taps that stains everything and ruins appliances. Residents are voting with their feet and leaving.
This future awaits Australia — the driest inhabited continent — in our lifetime.
We have plenty of water for massive cotton farms, thirsty almond orchards, and mining, but not enough to guarantee clean drinking water for the very towns that built the irrigation backbone of the nation.
Basic human right? Apparently not, if you're in regional NSW.
Sort the priorities and build the treatment plants.#WaterCrisis #MurrayDarlingBasin #Water #WorldsDriestContinent
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-30/narrandera-water-issues-residents-leaving-town/106612706
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Narrandera 2026: murky brown sludge from the taps that stains everything and ruins appliances. Residents are voting with their feet and leaving.
This future awaits Australia — the driest inhabited continent — in our lifetime.
We have plenty of water for massive cotton farms, thirsty almond orchards, and mining, but not enough to guarantee clean drinking water for the very towns that built the irrigation backbone of the nation.
Basic human right? Apparently not, if you're in regional NSW.
Sort the priorities and build the treatment plants.#WaterCrisis #MurrayDarlingBasin #Water #WorldsDriestContinent
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-30/narrandera-water-issues-residents-leaving-town/106612706
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Climate change is drying out the ‘forgotten rivers’ that keep the Murray-Darling alive. We need a new plan
#ClimateChange #Environment #MurrayDarlingBasin #WaterCrisis #RiverProtection #Australia #Sustainability #WaterSecurity #Ecology #Headwaters #Drought
https://the-14.com/climate-change-is-drying-out-the-forgotten-rivers-that-keep-the-murray-darling-alive-we-need-a-new-plan/ -
Climate change is drying out the ‘forgotten rivers’ that keep the Murray-Darling alive. We need a new plan
#ClimateChange #Environment #MurrayDarlingBasin #WaterCrisis #RiverProtection #Australia #Sustainability #WaterSecurity #Ecology #Headwaters #Drought
https://the-14.com/climate-change-is-drying-out-the-forgotten-rivers-that-keep-the-murray-darling-alive-we-need-a-new-plan/ -
The Federal Government has listed the Lower Murray River as a critically endangered ecosystem, in a move that has already threatened to spark a new political battle over its management. The designated area stretches nearly a thousand kilometres from western New South Wales, through Victoria and to the ocean in South Australia. It means the highly biodiverse region will now be granted stronger protections under environmental laws.
#lowermurrayriver #criticallyendangered #murraydarlingbasin #riverprotection #australianenvironment #biodiversity #environmentallaw #watermanagement
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The Federal Government has listed the Lower Murray River as a critically endangered ecosystem, in a move that has already threatened to spark a new political battle over its management. The designated area stretches nearly a thousand kilometres from western New South Wales, through Victoria and to the ocean in South Australia. It means the highly biodiverse region will now be granted stronger protections under environmental laws.
#lowermurrayriver #criticallyendangered #murraydarlingbasin #riverprotection #australianenvironment #biodiversity #environmentallaw #watermanagement
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We've always called it the 'Mighty Murray.' But in recent years, our most iconic river has struggled to live up to the legend. In fact, it had slowed to a feeble trickle, sucked dry by years of drought and the demands of those who rely on its bounty. Then it rained. And rained. And, rained some more. The clouds that delivered such devastating floods to much of Queensland and Victoria, had one spectacular silver lining. The entire Murray-Darling river system has come roaring back to life.
#MurrayRiver #murraydarling #MurrayDarlingBasin #cotton #almonds #DriestcontinentonEarth
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We've always called it the 'Mighty Murray.' But in recent years, our most iconic river has struggled to live up to the legend. In fact, it had slowed to a feeble trickle, sucked dry by years of drought and the demands of those who rely on its bounty. Then it rained. And rained. And, rained some more. The clouds that delivered such devastating floods to much of Queensland and Victoria, had one spectacular silver lining. The entire Murray-Darling river system has come roaring back to life.
#MurrayRiver #murraydarling #MurrayDarlingBasin #cotton #almonds #DriestcontinentonEarth
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WETLANDS IN A DRY LAND
More-than-Human Histories of Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin, Emily O'Gorman"What counts as a wetland, especially in Australia, the driest inhabited continent on earth? In the name of agriculture, urban growth and disease control, humans have drained, filled or otherwise destroyed nearly 87 percent of the world's wetlands over the past three centuries. Only recently have wetlands been widely recognised as worth preserving for their diverse plants, animals, insects, and their human histories."
"Situating Australia's history within global environmental humanities conversations, O'Gorman argues that we need to understand wetlands as socioecological landscapes that transcend the nature-culture divide and to embrace non-Western ways of knowing and being. Only then can we begin to create sustainable relationships with, and futures for, the wetlands."
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https://www.mup.com.au/books/wetlands-in-a-dry-land-paperback-softback
#wetlands #RAMSAR #rivers #MurrayDarlingBasin #MDB #environment #biodiversity #SocioecologicalLandscapes #Book #EnvironmentalHistory #destruction -
WETLANDS IN A DRY LAND
More-than-Human Histories of Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin, Emily O'Gorman"What counts as a wetland, especially in Australia, the driest inhabited continent on earth? In the name of agriculture, urban growth and disease control, humans have drained, filled or otherwise destroyed nearly 87 percent of the world's wetlands over the past three centuries. Only recently have wetlands been widely recognised as worth preserving for their diverse plants, animals, insects, and their human histories."
"Situating Australia's history within global environmental humanities conversations, O'Gorman argues that we need to understand wetlands as socioecological landscapes that transcend the nature-culture divide and to embrace non-Western ways of knowing and being. Only then can we begin to create sustainable relationships with, and futures for, the wetlands."
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https://www.mup.com.au/books/wetlands-in-a-dry-land-paperback-softback
#wetlands #RAMSAR #rivers #MurrayDarlingBasin #MDB #environment #biodiversity #SocioecologicalLandscapes #Book #EnvironmentalHistory #destruction -
NSW ecosystem degradation and science suppression
Mass fish kills as “natural events”.The government is “elected to bring better decision-making and transparency to government in this state and that is what we are delivering across primary industries and regional development” Tara Moriarty, spokesperson for the NSW agriculture minister
“The public gets to hear the messages the department wants to tell them...There’s still a really strong culture of suppressing science and limited sharing of information within the public service."
"Even though scientists are supposed to be independent, there’s often pressure to stay silent on some research results...They "use PR narratives to shape the message into something they believe is palatable”.
“The environment would be much better off and our democracy would be stronger if we were able to share information about the state of our environment freely. Then people can vote after being fully informed about how government is managing the environment.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/21/murray-darling-basin-fishing-degradationThe ESA documents science suppression in Australia
https://www.ecolsoc.org.au/science-suppression/Consequences of information suppression in ecological and conservation sciences
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.12757#NSW #governance #PR #rivers #degradation #science #ScienceSuppression #ecology #conservation #silence #MurrayDarlingBasin #FishKill #NaturalEvents #NSWLogging #RemnantVegetation #StopNativeForestLogging #democracy #Australia
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NSW ecosystem degradation and science suppression
Mass fish kills as “natural events”.The government is “elected to bring better decision-making and transparency to government in this state and that is what we are delivering across primary industries and regional development” Tara Moriarty, spokesperson for the NSW agriculture minister
“The public gets to hear the messages the department wants to tell them...There’s still a really strong culture of suppressing science and limited sharing of information within the public service."
"Even though scientists are supposed to be independent, there’s often pressure to stay silent on some research results...They "use PR narratives to shape the message into something they believe is palatable”.
“The environment would be much better off and our democracy would be stronger if we were able to share information about the state of our environment freely. Then people can vote after being fully informed about how government is managing the environment.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/21/murray-darling-basin-fishing-degradationThe ESA documents science suppression in Australia
https://www.ecolsoc.org.au/science-suppression/Consequences of information suppression in ecological and conservation sciences
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.12757#NSW #governance #PR #rivers #degradation #science #ScienceSuppression #ecology #conservation #silence #MurrayDarlingBasin #FishKill #NaturalEvents #NSWLogging #RemnantVegetation #StopNativeForestLogging #democracy #Australia
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#water #MurrayDarlingBasin
NSW pleads for more time to meet Murray-Darling obligations ahead of water ministers meeting, election https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-21/murray-darling-basin-water-ministers-meet-nsw-more-time/101999370 -
#water #MurrayDarlingBasin
NSW pleads for more time to meet Murray-Darling obligations ahead of water ministers meeting, election https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-21/murray-darling-basin-water-ministers-meet-nsw-more-time/101999370 -
CW: Summary of climate impacts Australia 2022
Australia in 2022: record rain, flooding and heat in a LaNina year. Summary
* background heating from climate change has elevated average Australian temperatures by more than 1.47C since 1910, says BoM.
* The third La Nina event in a row meant new records for rainfall and record flood events, while there was also new maximum daily temperatures for some sites over 50C.
* at least 10 sites that recorded more than half a metre of rain in a day
* #Sydney set a new rain record for the year of 2,536.6mm (Centennial Park site). previous record of 2,194mm set in 1950 (Observatory Hill)
* New Spring record rainfall for Murray-Darling Basin agriculture zone: average rainfall total of just over 295mm more than double the previous spring average of about 120mm exceeding previous record of 251mm set in 2011.
* Late February high rainfall and flood events in #Brisbane, Northern NSW (#Lismore) highlighted with many multi-day rainfall records broken and multiple sites recording more than a metre of rain. Rainfall totals for last week of February in the region were at least 2.5X to 5X the long-term average.
#ClimateChange #Flooding #ExtremeHeat #TorrentialRain #LaNina #Australia #ClimateImpacts #MurrayDarlingBasin #Anthropocene
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CW: Summary of climate impacts Australia 2022
Australia in 2022: record rain, flooding and heat in a LaNina year. Summary
* background heating from climate change has elevated average Australian temperatures by more than 1.47C since 1910, says BoM.
* The third La Nina event in a row meant new records for rainfall and record flood events, while there was also new maximum daily temperatures for some sites over 50C.
* at least 10 sites that recorded more than half a metre of rain in a day
* #Sydney set a new rain record for the year of 2,536.6mm (Centennial Park site). previous record of 2,194mm set in 1950 (Observatory Hill)
* New Spring record rainfall for Murray-Darling Basin agriculture zone: average rainfall total of just over 295mm more than double the previous spring average of about 120mm exceeding previous record of 251mm set in 2011.
* Late February high rainfall and flood events in #Brisbane, Northern NSW (#Lismore) highlighted with many multi-day rainfall records broken and multiple sites recording more than a metre of rain. Rainfall totals for last week of February in the region were at least 2.5X to 5X the long-term average.
#ClimateChange #Flooding #ExtremeHeat #TorrentialRain #LaNina #Australia #ClimateImpacts #MurrayDarlingBasin #Anthropocene
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Yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of the #MurrayDarlingBasin Plan #MDBP
It was supposed to do a lot do things to return water to the #river so it could survive, but it hasn't. Years of mismanagement by states is causing the river to die.
Check out #EnvironmentVictoria video on the #Murray and why it is so important that the #BasinPlan delivers water to keep this iconic #ecosystem alive.
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Yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of the #MurrayDarlingBasin Plan #MDBP
It was supposed to do a lot do things to return water to the #river so it could survive, but it hasn't. Years of mismanagement by states is causing the river to die.
Check out #EnvironmentVictoria video on the #Murray and why it is so important that the #BasinPlan delivers water to keep this iconic #ecosystem alive.
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So, introduction.
I am the Policy and Advocacy Manager at Environment Victoria, the peak not-for-profit environmental advocacy organisation in #Victoria. I am also an #EnvironmentalLawyer having practiced in #pollution #EnvironmentalJustice #climate and #biodiversity law.
At Environment Victoria I lead a team of nerds who use their campaign and advocacy skills to:
- fight for the #MurrayDarlingBasin and other #rivers
- bring in #CleanEnergy and accelerate the #EnergyTransition to slow down #climatechange and
- protect our critters and #nativeforestsAn important part of my role is to help our #CommunityOrganising team empower communities to engage in environmental decision making, and parliamentary and democratic processes, to shift the balance of power to people.
I'm also on a mission to spread the word that #policy isn't dry and dull. #EnvironmentalPolicy and #ClimatePolicy impacts us all whether we realise it or not. It's an incredibly dynamic and creative space that we all should feel comfortable to engage with and influence.
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So, introduction.
I am the Policy and Advocacy Manager at Environment Victoria, the peak not-for-profit environmental advocacy organisation in #Victoria. I am also an #EnvironmentalLawyer having practiced in #pollution #EnvironmentalJustice #climate and #biodiversity law.
At Environment Victoria I lead a team of nerds who use their campaign and advocacy skills to:
- fight for the #MurrayDarlingBasin and other #rivers
- bring in #CleanEnergy and accelerate the #EnergyTransition to slow down #climatechange and
- protect our critters and #nativeforestsAn important part of my role is to help our #CommunityOrganising team empower communities to engage in environmental decision making, and parliamentary and democratic processes, to shift the balance of power to people.
I'm also on a mission to spread the word that #policy isn't dry and dull. #EnvironmentalPolicy and #ClimatePolicy impacts us all whether we realise it or not. It's an incredibly dynamic and creative space that we all should feel comfortable to engage with and influence.