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With an El Niño looming, Australia has new laws to stop water market manipulation
New Project To Bring Life Back To Lower Murray
State Government receives record royalty payment for copper
Value Every Drop: Shaping Water Management
Value Every Drop
Climate change is drying out the ‘forgotten rivers’ that keep the Murray-Darling alive. We need a new plan
Critically Endangered listing of Lower Murray River ecosystem and Macquarie Marshes is a wake up call
Wetland homes for wildlife given protection under new nature laws
Listening to Kamilaroi Women: Report highlights risk of losing art of cooking with native grass 
Waterbirds return this year, but amid long-term decline: aerial survey
Cambrian Limestone Aquifer: Stable And Plentiful
Water Minister Under Fire As Coal Plant Takes Billions Of Litres Of Drinking Water From River
Environment Minister Abusing Role To Put Freshwater At Risk
Australia’s rivers play secret symphonies. Click to hear what this underwater world is telling us
CLP Government reduces red tape for Rural development in Howard South
Findings show NT’s vital water source is drying – and it can be seen from space 
Moira Shire secures long-term water future for Yarrawonga precinct
Environment in Freefall: NSW State of the Environment Report “Truly Alarming”
The Top End’s tropical savannas are a natural wonder – but weak environment laws mean their future is uncertain
Stronger, clearer water laws for Aboriginal people and the Territory
Surviving swamps on South Australia’s parched Fleurieu Peninsula are a lifeline to wildlife – and farmers
Certainty for Singleton: Water extraction licence appeal dismissed
CLP redirects funding from environmental activist groups
CLP Crack Down On Lawfare To Grow Territory Economy
Freshwater Species Extinction Risk
New era in conservation: Curtin’s eDNA program expands mission
New research reveals why the mighty Darling River is drying up – and it’s not just because we’re taking too much water
Shocking Four Corners into NT cotton lobby requires federal intervention: Greens
Politicisation of water use exacerbates farmers’ distrust
Call For Stronger Laws As Threatened Species List Grows
Australia’s ‘learning by doing’ approach to managing large mines is failing the environment
Growing global population placing increasing demand on water
‘Climate rollercoaster’: strong weather fluctuations rocked Australia in 2023
NSW Government commits to consider climate change in water rules, ending long-standing legal dispute
Saving Our River Land Resources
$10m building resilient tourism infrastructure grants open for FNQ
$10 million Building Resilient Tourism Infrastructure grants open for FNQ
Rare and threatened shark found in the Roper River for the first time
Consulting firms provided low-quality research on crucial water policies. It shows we have a deeper problem
Assessing impacts of drought & water extraction on groundwater from space
Living within safe & just Earth System Boundaries for blue water
Murray-Darling Polling: Majority Support for water buybacks across Basin States, Party Lines and Regional Australia
More Trees Planted At Werribee Open Range Zoo
Woolgoolga Region Estuaries Coastal Management Program Adopted
Soil erosion is filling vital inland river waterholes, putting the squeeze on fish, turtles and crayfish
Tweed River at Uki clear of blue-green algae
Creating Energy Security through Rigorous Accountability
Would a nature repair market really work? Evidence suggests it’s highly unlikely

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