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water
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Muddying the waters
Margaret Simons
31 August 2021
There’s plenty wrong with how the Murray–Darling is being managed, but Wall Street isn’t the culprit to target
Essays & reportage
Politics and water do mix
Margaret Simons
25 June 2020
Australia lacks solid data about water availability and usage — and that has implications for the next federal election
National affairs
Send in the tanks
Peter Spearritt
29 November 2019
What’s the best way to make households more conscious of their water consumption?
National affairs
Why has the Darling dried up?
David Lewis & John Langford
8 May 2019
“Watergate” is the tip of a much bigger scandal in the Murray–Darling’s northern basin
National affairs
Fixing the Murray-Darling Basin
David Lewis & John Langford
22 February 2019
Good science is vital to rescuing the Basin, but the SA royal commission pushes the argument too far
National affairs
How to help farmers to help the reef
Amanda Cornwall
2 September 2013
Reef Rescue needs to focus on measures that really do improve water quality, says
Amanda Cornwall
. That means learning from other successful schemes
Essays & reportage
“Preserved for the people for all time”
Cameron Muir
2 February 2012
Is “balanced” development really the best way to manage our inland rivers?
Cameron Muir
looks at the language that could save or condemn them
Essays & reportage
Troubled waters
Robert Milliken
25 May 2009
Queensland is in flood, but none of the water is likely to make the long journey down the Darling and the Murray to South Australia, reports
Robert Milliken
in Murray Bridge