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Experts question Tasmanian salmon’s sustainability. What other tasty options do you have?

Barramundi, Murray cod, snapper or trout are all options for diners looking for alternatives

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When a 1-in-100 year flood washed through the Coorong, it made the vital microbiome of this lagoon healthier

You might know South Australia’s iconic Coorong from the famous Australian children’s book, Storm Boy, set around this coastal lagoon.

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The world’s second largest freshwater crayfish was once plentiful in Australia’s longest river – we’re bringing it back

Murray crayfish once thrived in the southern Murray-Darling Basin. The species was found everywhere from the headwaters of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers in the Australian Alps all the way down to Wellington in South Australia.

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Mission to save Murray-Darling Basin edges forward

The next step to save Australia's biggest river system has been unveiled, but conservationists warn it amounts to a drip-feed.

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Dams have taken half the water from Australia’s second biggest river – and climate change will make it even worse

The largest wetland on Australia’s second longest river, the Murrumbidgee in the southern Murray-Darling Basin, is drying up. This is bad news for the plants, animals and people who rely on the vast Lowbidgee Floodplain. So it’s important to understand what is going on, and whether we can do anything…

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Southern Murray Darling Basin water markets sag $1.9b

Shifting weather patterns have fuelled volatility in water allocation markets along the lower Murray Darling Basin, with decreased prices expected to persist.

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Hungry foxes are having a ‘catastrophic’ impact on Australia’s juvenile freshwater turtles. There’s a push to change that

Turtle’s long lives may be masking extent of loss of young and eggs, experts say, with estimates that one species has declined in population by 90% or more

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Federal cash to help protect treasured wetlands

Federal government funds will be used to improve shorebird habitats in wetlands at the mouth of the River Murray in South Australia.

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The government's Murray-Darling bill is a step forward, but still not enough

This week, the Senate is debating changes to Australia’s most important water laws. These changes seek to rescue the ailing A$13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan to improve the health of our nation’s largest river system.

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Labor and Greens reach deal on Murray Darling Basin plan for 450 gigalitres of environmental flows

‘As we go into another hot, dry spell, it is more critical than ever that we deliver fully on the Murray Darling Basin Plan’, Tanya Plibersek said

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Murray-Darling water buybacks won't be enough if we can't get water to where it's needed

When it was clear the Murray-Darling Basin Plan could not be completed on time, Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek announced a new agreement (without Victoria) to deliver in full the plan’s aim of restoring the health of this vast river system.

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First Nations group takes action over groundwater plan

A First Nations group is challenging approval of the NSW Murray-Darling Basin Fractured Rock Water Resource plan in court, saying it wasn't properly consulted.

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Labor’s Murray-Darling Basin water buyback plan would trigger wave of job losses, farmers warn

But environmental groups and scientists say alternative programs to save water have failed and buybacks must resume

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Murray-Darling Basin plan: states given three more years to finish water projects as extra buybacks on table

Tanya Plibersek warns Victoria as state holds out on signing deal while move to lift embargo on federal water purchases likely to enrage farmers

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Murray-Darling Basin Plan to be extended under a new agreement, without Victoria – but an uphill battle lies ahead

Federal Minister for Water Tanya Plibersek today announced a new agreement to restore Australia’s largest and most important river basin. It comes just months before the original Murray-Darling Basin Plan was to be completed.

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With less than a year to go, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is in a dreadful mess. These 5 steps are needed to fix it

The Murray Darling Basin Plan is an historic deal between state and federal governments to save Australia’s most important river system. The A$13 billion plan, inked over a decade ago, was supposed to rein in the water extracted by farmers and communities, and make sure the environment got the water…

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Murray crays and fish head home after flood rescues

More than 1500 crayfish and hundreds of native fish are back home after they were rescued from the Murray River flood and sent on unscheduled holidays.

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Murray-Darling basin environmental flows found to be key to saving 140 species at risk of extinction

Environment Victoria calls for Andrews government to end opposition to commonwealth water purchases to save river

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‘Lose-lose situation’: irrigators and environmental groups criticise plan for 2,500ha almond farm

The development by US-owned Koompartu Farms could use up to 30GL of water a year from the Murray-Darling Basin

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NSW withdraws seven ‘flawed’ water resource plans, throwing doubt on Murray-Darling Basin plan

Labor says plans ‘should never have been submitted’ by former Coalition government ‘because they were never going to get accredited’

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Stakeholders question SA government's use of River Murray for Whyalla hydrogen plant

Irrigators and environmental experts say the state government commitment to use River Murray water to power a $593 million hydrogen power plant project in South Australia raises questions about how the natural resource is used.

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Murray crayfish released into River Murray in significant population boost for Erawirung 'totem'

An ancient creature lost to overfishing and river regulation was once a totem for the Erawirung people, but now it might be making a comeback.

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New grants offered to River Murray flood victims as clean-up continues

Four months since the River Murray peaked at Mannum, local David Sharbel says he still spends up to five hours a day cleaning his flood-affected property.

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Missing Kayaker found alive and well after chilly night on the Murray

A kayaker who went missing on the Murray River has been found alive and well after spending a frosty night by a rail bridge.

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Murray crayfish to be reintroduced to SA's River Murray for the first time in 40 years

Murray crayfish will be reintroduced in SA's River Murray for the first time in 40 years after a permit was granted to local ecologists.

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