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

Murray-Darling Basin

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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