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Victoria is set to be pummelled with more rain this week after thousands of residents were already forced to flee their homes due to unprecedented floods.

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Victorian floods displace thousands, residents in Echuca brace for second river peak

Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews says more than 11,000 people have applied for emergency flood relief payments, giving authorities an idea of the number of people affected by the crisis. Flood conditions in Shepparton have stabilised, but residents in Echuca will face another peak in 48 hours.

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Strawberry Fields Has Been Cancelled Next Month ‘Cos Of Wild Flooding Along The Murray River

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Friday essay: the koala – when it's smart to be slow

The koala was clinging to an old tree stag while stranded in the Murray River, on the border between New South Wales and Victoria. A team of students from La Trobe University noticed its predicament as they were paddling by in canoes.

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Murray River business owners worry flood warning could dry up summer trading

Tourists are being urged to continue to visit river communities, despite a flood advice message, to support the towns which rely on peak summer season support.

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River red gums record the history and health of the Murray River system. And they're suffering

Faced with declining water conditions and devastating drought, river red gums have suffered along some parts of the Murray River. But watering programs are bringing Country back to life.

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SA appoints advocate for Murray River

South Australia has appointed a commissioner for the Murray River as part of efforts to ensure the future health of the system.

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Murray Darling Basin Authority ponders how to fix sand build-up blocking river flow

A narrow section of the Murray River has seen its water flow capacity reduced by thousands of megalitres since the 1980s due to a build-up of sand. The Murray Darling Basin Authority are working on a solution, but none will come easily.

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Body of missing man Joseph McCrann found in Murray River near Mildura

The body of 94-year-old Joseph McCrann who went missing last month has been found in the Murray River.

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Endangered, culturally significant southern pygmy perch back from the brink in Murray River

Land and water stakeholders are overjoyed to find the threatened southern pygmy perch returning to the Murray River in record numbers.

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NSW Coroner hands down findings after inquest into five-year-old's death at hands of mother

The Supreme Court found the boy's mother not guilty of murder on mental health grounds in 2018. The child was drowned in the Murray River at Moama the year before.

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Inquest findings into child drowned by mum

A coroner has made 17 recommendations following the drowning death of a five-year-old boy in the Murray River due to acts by his mentally ill mother.

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Murray River paddle steamer PS Canally makes first voyage in 81 years

The PS Canally was merely a skeleton when she was saved from the bottom of the Murray River, but after 12 years of hard work from volunteers, she's back where she belongs.

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SA irrigators get full water allocations

The South Australian government says irrigators along the Murray River will get their full water allocations from July.

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SA Murray River shack owners brace for flooding as water flow increases from La Niña events

Murray River shack owners have started to prepare for flooding as river flows increase and dams hit capacity. But the clouds have come with a silver lining for the local avifauna.

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Historic Murray River paddle steamer Pride of the Murray moves to Longreach

After an epic 2300-kilometre journey from country Victoria, an historic paddle wheeler is taking on a new life in outback Queensland.

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Drone flew drugs over border in pandemic

A woman has been sentenced after a drone flew the drug ice over the Murray River to evade roads controlled by NSW police due to COVID-related border closures.

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‘Dropping dead out of trees’: more than 100 corellas in apparent mass poisoning in northern Victoria

State wildlife watchdog investigating to determine if cause of death a result of human action

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Jet ski driver Daniel Patrick Liddell jailed over River Murray crash that killed boy

A man who killed a boy on the River Murray when he crashed into him with a jet ski has been jailed for at least two years.

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Honouring Aboriginal history and mourning an atrocity at the Mount Dispersion massacre site

Elders are working to memorialise a site at Mount Dispersion where at least seven Aboriginal people were killed 186 years ago as they tried to flee across the Murray River.

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Jet ski rider who killed boy at Blanchetown 'immeasurably sorry' for incident

The man charged with riding a jet ski that hit and killed a teenage boy on the Murray River last year gives a tearful apology in a South Australian court. The prosecutor said he did not know whether the family would accept the apology.

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David Speirs stands by water record despite Murray-Darling Basin criticisms

South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs says past criticism of his Murray-Darling Basin dealings will not affect his vote in areas that rely on a healthy Murray River.

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Japanese encephalitis virus detected in South Australia along the Murray River

Cases of Japanese encephalitis virus have been detected in three additional piggeries in South Australia, taking the total number of affected piggeries in the state to four.

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