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

Water is one of Australia’s most valuable commodities. Rights to take water from our nation’s largest river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, are worth almost A$100 billion. These rights can be bought and sold or leased, with trade exceeding . But water is also being stolen (no-one knows how much) and the thieves usually get away with it.

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Australia’s least wanted – 8 alien species and diseases we must keep out of our islandÌýhome

This week’s landmark report on the impact ofÌý revealed costs to the global economy exceeded US$423 billion (A$654 billion) a year in 2019. Costs have at leastÌý every decade since 1970 and that trend is set to continue.

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Future Fellowship announcement

Congratulations to Environment Institute's , who was awarded an for his project 'Quantifying the economic and social impacts of drought in rural Australia' in the recently announced round.

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Launch of Professor Sarah Wheelers' book - Water Markets: A Global Assessment

National Water Week aims to inspire individuals, communities and organisations to build awareness around the value of water and this years' event was a ³ÉÈË´óƬ success.

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Research suggests reliance on modern irrigation technologies is a 'zombie' theory

A team of scientists, including experts from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, suggest that reliance on modern irrigation technologies as a water-use efficiency strategy is a ‘zombie idea’ – one that persists no matter how much evidence is thrown against it.

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Optimising the flow

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In pursuit of net zero

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Understanding food waste with household bins

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