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Murray-Darling Basin water theft laws suck more than river irrigation pumps

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Belinda

Water is one of Australia’s most valuable commodities, worth almost A$100 billion in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB). But some of that water is being stolen (no-one knows how much) and the thieves usually get away with it. The federal Labor government came to power promising to improve water use compliance and theft deterrence, while the […]

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Adaptive Sustainable Diversion Limits create Murray Darling water incentives

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Corri Baker

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority is about to release a draft plan for the management of the Murray-Darling Basin. Mike Young from the Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, and Jim McColl, Resource Economist, Adelaide, discuss how sustainable diversion limits are being defined so that there is ongoing incentive for all to continue to search for […]

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Key Murray-Darling water sites identified.

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Corri Baker

This week the Murray-Darling Basin Authority identified the key wetlands and ecosystems which will be made a priority for water. Identification of these key environmental assets in the Murray-Darling Basin forms part of a new basin-wide plan to manage sustainably the surface and groundwater resources in the basin. “The Authority would use the environmental water […]

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