THE short-listing of Melbourne’s Yarra River for the International Riverprize, billed as the “world’s most prestigious environmental prize”, just goes to highlight how farcical the debate over river health has become. The National Irrigators’ … [Read more...] about Yarra’s prize makes mockery of Murray-Darling ‘crisis’: Danny O’Brien
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Wong is Right: Not Enough Water in the Murray-Darling for the Lower Lakes
The Australian government is currently in the process of finalising the purchase of just 35 gigalitres (billion litres) of water from the public tender process announced on 26 February 2008 whereby $50 million was allocated in the 2007-08 budget to … [Read more...] about Wong is Right: Not Enough Water in the Murray-Darling for the Lower Lakes
Rain Misses Murray-Darling Catchment
The heavy rain which has fallen across southern Australia in the past few days and caused flooding in parts of Victoria, has hardly made a dent in the record low storage levels of the Murray-Darling system. ABC News: 'Murray-Darling still in trouble … [Read more...] about Rain Misses Murray-Darling Catchment
WWF Report on World’s Worst Rivers: Wrong Way Round on the Murray-Darling
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has just released a report entitled ‘World’s Top 10 River’s at Risk’. Australia’s Murray-Darling is included in the top 10. But it's two rivers, so maybe the title should be 'World's Top 11 River's at Risk'? The … [Read more...] about WWF Report on World’s Worst Rivers: Wrong Way Round on the Murray-Darling
What about Draining Lake Albert at the bottom of the Murray River?
Bendigo-based long-range weather forecaster Kevin Long has repeatedly reminded me that, at the end of the day it is rainfall cycles that are most important in Australia, not temperature cycles. Can we expect a run of drier years in the Murray … [Read more...] about What about Draining Lake Albert at the bottom of the Murray River?
When Ngurunderi walked across the Murray’s mouth
AUSTRALIA was erroneously considered terra nullius at the time of European settlement. I know this wasn't a land belonging to no one because there are the dreamtime stories, including the story about the formation of the Murray River. It happened as … [Read more...] about When Ngurunderi walked across the Murray’s mouth