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May 2012
More Nonsense in National News about Murray Darling, Jennifer Marohasy, 28 May 2012
Murray Darling Basin Plan Consultation Report, MDBA, 28 May 2012
Should a tidal barrage be built across the Severn estuary?, Guardian UK, 15 May 2012
The environmental interactions of tidal and wave energy generation devices, Frid C, et al, Environ Impact Asses Rev(2011)
Undamming the Elwha, KCTS9, 2 May 2012
April 2012
Balancing fish and farms on a Washington estuary, High Country News, 30 April 2012
A trip back in time, down the Murray, ABC Riverina, 28 April 2012
d r i n k s t e r: INAUGURAL CURRENCY CREEK WINE SHOW, Phillip White, 27 April 2012
Barrages closed to fight lower lakes salinity, ABC, 26 April 2012
Ngarrindjerri - the first fishers of the Lower Lakes, LNW, 13 April 2012
No way basin can replicate natural flooding, Rohan Williams, 5 April 2012
Acidic drought scars easing along Murray, ABC Riverland, 5 April 2012
Cockles safe in time for Easter, Victor Harbor Times, 4 April 2012
Murray-Darling plan 'fails', SMH, 3 April 2012
Expert Panel Assessment of the Likely Ecological Consequences in South Australia of the Proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan, Goyder Institute, 2 April 2012
March 2012
The River Murray Dispute, Public Law Research Community, 30 Mar 2012
River Murray high flow advice, Water for Good, 30 Mar 2012
Time to Rethink Basic Assumptions about the Murray, Marohasy, 20 Mar 2012
Murray facts & fictions, Quadrant Online, 21 Mar 2012
Deadline looms for MDB submissions, The Guardian, 21 Mar 2012
Science behind the headlines: MDB Plan, RIA, 19 Mar 2012
Last chance to have say on river, Adelaide Now, 19 Mar 2012
Murray plan ignoring flood, say irrigators, The Land, 19 Mar 2012
South Australian Strategic Plan - Your Say, SA Gov, 14 March 2012
Outlook Conference and Water, David Boyd's Blog, 14 March 2012
Premier claims he was 'not invited' to Murray Darling public meeting, The Australian, 14 March 2012
Minister Caica Ignorant of History of Lake Alexandrina, Jennifer Marohasy, 11 March 2012
About the Murray River's Estuary, Jennifer Marohasy, 10 March 2012
Faulty weirs blamed for severe floods, SMH, 10 March 2012
Hydrogeologist job vacancy, NRM, 10 March 2012
Minister taken to task on river reform, The Australian, 10 Mar 2012
Meningie set for population explosion, Murray Valley Standard, Mar 2012
SA lake still salty despite flows, Ninemsn, 7 Mar 2012
Flush won't fix lower lakes, ABC, 7 Mar 2012
SA irrigators struggle to save once-thriving lake, 7 Mar 2012
Call for deluge to delay Murray takeover plans, The Australian, 7 Mar 2012
Will the Lower Lakes benefit from floodwaters?, ABC Rural, 7 Mar 2012
Coming soon to a river near you, Adelaide Now, 7 Mar 2012
All about the Barrages, MDBA, March 2012
February 2012
Flows to SA, Water for Good, 24 Feb 2012
Community consultation event, UniSA, 26 Feb 2012
Report warns of basin cuts impact, ABC, 24 Feb 2012
Lower Lakes transects, EPA South Australia, 24 Feb 2012
Liberal Opposition Urges Lake Alexandrina Dredging, Dredging Today, 24 Feb 2012
Water must mix in the Lower Lakes, Adelaide Now, 24 Feb 2012
Burke accused of broken promise on Murray-Darling water purchases, The Australian, 24 Feb 2012
Harrison: Duck season, Weekly Times Now, 24 Feb 2012
Carp thrive on rising waters in Murray-Darling, ABC Rural, 23 Feb 2012
Water Basin meeting in Swan Hill, Weekly Times Now, 23 Feb 2012
Basin Plan will increase salt export, MDBA, 22 Feb 2012
Marohasy calls for estuary restoration, CQuniNews, 17 Feb 2012
Plea over flow into salty Lake Albert, Adelaide Now, 18 Feb 2012
Meningie set for population explosion, Murray Valley Standard, Feb 2012
Economic Evaluation of Environmental Benefits in the Murray Darling, ILWS, 2010
River's end not all blue sky for waterway that succours millions, The Age, 17 Feb 2012
New video captures 'action and inspiration' White Salmon dam removals, 15 Feb 2012
Environment and Communication Legislation Committee, 14 Feb 2012 - PG 40
Murray Darling Basin plan 'must include floods', The Australian, 15 Feb 2012
Water Environment Vic seeks buy-back support, Weekly Times Now, 15 Feb 2012
Environment Vic Audited Financials, Env Vic website, June 2011
Angry reaction to new MDB water allowance, ABC Rural, 14 Feb 2012
Save the Murray: Restore the Estuary, LNW, 11 Feb 2012
Plugging the Murray’s Mouth: The Interrupted Evolution of a Barrier Estuary
MDBA meeting begins in Mildura, Weekly Times Now, 10 Feb 2012
'Salt dump' claim denied, The Area News, 6 Feb 2012
Snowy key to MDB woes, Weekly Times Now, 10 Feb 2012
Hundreds of MDBP submissions pouring in, ABC Rural, 9 Feb 2012
No progress on Coorong pipeline plan, ABC, 9 Feb 2012
Save the Murray: Restore the Estuary, Susan Myers, 8 Feb 2012
States could 'kill' MDB plan, warns Windsor, The Australian, 6 Feb 2012
Farmers worried draft MDBP will flood properties, ABC, 6 Feb 2012
How much water does the Murray actually need?, Stock & Land, 6 Feb 2012
Govt continues to spruik basin plan, SMH, 3 Feb 2012
State committee investigating draft MDB plan to visit Mannum, ABC, 3 Feb 2012
NSW and QLD storms good news for River Murray, Adelaide Now, 3 Feb 2012
Ministerial Advice Rejected as Feral Fish go on the Rampage, NIC, 1 Feb 2012
January 2012
Searching for groundwater, Stock & Land, 30 Jan 2012
An unlikely alliance, Stock & Land, 30 Jan 2012
Why the Wentworth Group wants the Murray-Darling plan rejected, Crikey, 30 Jan 2012
Sustaining Australia on 2,500 GL of Water, Jennifer Marohasy, 25 Jan 2012
Milang to Goolwa Freshwater Classic, Sail World, 23 Jan 2012
Murray Group critisises basin plan on ABC, MMG, 18 Jan 2012
Bendigo exluded from Basin Plan meetings, Bendigo Advertiser, 21 Jan 2012
2011's big flows restore Murray riverbanks, ABC, 21 Jan 2012
Drought cycles in Australia, Earth Observatory, Jan 2012
Toxic eyesore in city's heart, Adelaide Now, 20 Jan 2012
Fishing: Where they're biting this weekend, Adelaide Now, 20 Jan 2012
A little rain for Murray flows, Stock & Land, 20 Jan 2012
Sold Down the River by Canberra, Jennifer Marohasy, 19 Jan 2012
Environmental watering in Lower Murray River (SA), 19 Jan 2012
Call to scrap Murray-Darling basin plan, The Australian, 19 Jan 2012
Scientists reject plan to save Murray-Darling, The Age, 19 Jan 2012
Scientists want 'manipulated' basin plan scrapped, ABC, 18 Jan 2012
Statement on the 2011 draft Murray Darling Basin Plan, Wentworth Group, Jan 2012
Group urges Briggs to defend basin, Adelaide Now, 16 Jan 2012
Talking Turkey, But Not About the Barrages, Jennifer Marohasy, 14 Jan 2012
River Murray flow advice, Water for Good, 13 Jan 2012
Riverland town celebrates end of drought, ABC, 13 Jan 2012
Entries still open for the Milang Goolwa Freshwater Classic, Sail-World, 13 Jan 2012
Just Add Water opens cultural Goolwa, ArtsHub Australia, 10 Jan 2012
SA Liberals at odds with Abbott over MD Basin Plan, ABC 7:30 Report, 12 Jan 2012
We can win River Murray fight, Adelaide Now, 12 Jan 2012
8 Mighty Rivers Run Dry From Overuse, National Geographic,
University of Canberra splashes out on water research, The Australian, 11 Jan 2012
Southern Ocean Tides Could Save Lower Lakes, Jennifer Marohasy, 6 Jan 2012
Basin Plan could destroy Edward River, Deniliquin Times, 6 Jan 2012
Opportunity knocks, NT News, 5 Jan 2012
What can the Great Wet North learn from the Dry Down Under?, WWF Canada, 3 Jan 2012
December 2011
Community advisory roles for CLLMM projects, Water for Good, 29 Dec 2011
Six reasons why the 2011 draft MDB plan fails, Global Water Forum, 21 Dec 2011
Deni shreds basin plan, Weekly Times, 16 Dec 2011
The MDBA explains where the 2750 figure comes from, Crikey, 16 Dec 2011
Irrigators vent fury over Murray-Darling rescue plan, 16 Dec 2011
Burke signals bust-up over Basin plan, Canberra Times, 16 Dec 2011
Has it worked, Ian Mott, Quadrant, 15 Dec 2011
MDBA to be questioned on SA Lower Lakes, NSW Farmers, 14 Dec 2011
Flow Advisory 9 December, Waterforgood, 14 Dec 2011
Murray Darling Basin draft plan discussions hit South Australia, ABC, 12 Dec 2011
Water risk to 500 farms, dairy industry fears, SMH, 12 Dec 2011
Tony Burke looks to infrastructure upgrades to meet target, The Australian, 12 Dec 2011
Mums champion cause, The Area News, 9 Dec 2011
A simple equation: less water means less food.., NFF, 9 Dec 2011
Murray flow more than double entitlement, ABC, 9 Dec 2011
Plan reignites calls for northern pipeline, Stock Journal, 9 Dec 2011
$27m funding held up for Coorong pumping, Adelaide Now, 9 Dec 2011
Legal challenge is last resort, Murray Valley Standard, 8 Dec 2011
The problem with economic modelling, Crikey, 8 Dec 2011
Lion to drop suppliers, Stock Journal, 8 Dec 2011
Basin Plan to drain dairy, Stock & Land, 7 Dec 2011
Fishing Murray Darling alliance, Weekly Times Now, 7 Dec 2011
Dairy industry fears Murray Goulburn milk production will be slashed, ABC, 7 Dec 2011
The very model of a modern river economy, ABC, 7 Dec 2011
Abbott can take lead on basin, Weekly Times Now, 7 Dec 2011
Burke fails the irrigators and the river, ABC, 6 Dec 2011
Murray challenge has gains for state, Adelaide Now, 6 Dec 2011
VFF to hold basin plan meetings, Weekly Times Now, 5 Dec 2011
Court challenge stays alive over Murray, SMH, 5 Dec 2011
The politics of water, Quadrant, 5 Dec 2011
Basin Plan needs umpire:ACF, Stock & Land, 5 Dec 2011
Murray-Darling proposal slammed by irrigators, SMH, 5 Dec 2011
SA bids for 'fair deal' in Murray plans, 4 Dec 2011
Coorong Tauwitchere fishing, Strike and Hook, 3 Dec 2011
River Murray Flow Update, Water for Good, 3 Dec 2011
River Murray Ops Update Nov 30, MDBA, 3 Dec 2011
The battle for the food bowl, The Age, 3 Dec 2011
Hard to swallow, but food security threat very real, SMH, 3 Dec 2011
Basin bogged down by politics, Stock & Land, 3 Dec 2011
Newsmaker: Murray-Darling Basin, SMH, 3 Dec 2011
Is the Murray Darling Basin plan illegal?, ABC Victoria, 2 Dec 2011
Plan of action for the Coorong, Caring for our Country, 2 Dec 2011
Draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan, Larvatus Prodeo, 1 Dec 2011
Murray murmurings: will MDBA leadership or vested interests prevail?, Crikey, 2 Dec 2011
Murray-Darling Basin battle rivals 1850 Colorado disputes, The Australian, 2 Dec 2011
SA prepares for Murray-Darling court challenge, ABC, 1 Dec 2011
Allens Arthur Robinson: Focus: MDB draft plan, 1 Dec 2011
Murray-Darling environmental water wasted in 'trial and error' reforms, ABC, 1 Dec 2011
New Murray Darling Basin Plan Based on Meaningless Averages, Jennifer Marohasy, 1 Dec 2011
Hard to target who's in the firing line..., SMH, 1 Dec 2011
November 2011
Irrigator says water sale could save icon basin site, ABC, 30 Nov 2011
Senate inquiry calls for halt to coal-seam gas proejcts in MDB, The Australian, 30 Nov 2011
CSIRO hits out at lack of science in water plan, Canberra Times, 30 Nov 2011
Science review for the sustainable level of take..., 30 Nov 2011
The science behind the MDB plan, Bill Young, 30 Nov 2011
Murray-Darling Basin, CSIRO, 30 Nov 2011
Water MDB draft plan: Have your say, Weekly Times Now, 30 Nov 2011
Basin plan failure, Weekly Times Now, 30 Nov 2011
$10m Lower Lakes water top up, Adelaide Now, 30 Nov 2011
South Australia to delay High Court challenge to MDB Plan, The Australian, 29 Nov 2011
Murray-Darling basin plan, Judith Sloan, The Drum, 28 Nov. 2011, check @ 5:30 min
Murray-Darling basin plan and variability, John Cox, David Boyd's Blog, 29 Nov 2011
Back to basics in the Basin - looking at the history of the Murray-Darling, ABC Rural, 29 Nov 2011
Uncertain future for Murray-Darling Basin, News.com.au, 29 Nov 2011
Vocal minority set to have its way with the Murray-Darling, The Drum Opinion, 29 Nov 2011
Good and bad seen in bigger Menindee flows, ABC, 29 Nov 2011
Basin Plan ignores environment, The Age, 29 Nov 2011
Water projects start to flow, Stock Journal, 29 Nov 2011
Communities could be wiped off the map, The Australian, 29 Nov 2011
Battle reignites over frail NSW river system, NZ Herald, 29 Nov 2011
Irrigators relieved at water reprieve, The Australian, 29 Nov 2011
Allocation for basin a 'scandal', Shepparton News, 28 Nov 2011
Water Panel, ABC, 28 Nov 2011
Old Man River Murray rolls on but will the locals?, SMH, 28 Nov 2011
Lower Murray remains at risk say experts, ABC, 28 Nov 2011
Coalition divisions emerge on Murray-Darling Basin water plan, The Australian, 28 Nov 2011
Murray-Darling plan wins no friends, 28 Nov 2011
Countdown to basin plan, Stock & Land, 26 Nov 2011
Fishing big in the basin, Stock Journal, 25 Nov 2011
Recreational fishers want economic recognition, ABC, 25 Nov 2011
Qld approves CSG water discharge, Lateline, 24 Nov 2011
Study highlights value of rec fishing to Murray-Darling, Fishing World, 24 Nov 2011
Quagmire just got deeper, Canberra Times, 24 2011
Basin battle is just beginning, The Land, 24 Nov 2011
Senate debates: 23 Nov 2011
Stoner's Basin ultimatum, The Land, 24 Nov 2011
Murray-Darling water take slashed, 24 Nov 2011
River Murray Flow Advice and Water Resource Update, 23 Nov 2011
Basin water: green target 'impossible', The Land, 23 Nov 2011
Water trade helps float the bottom line, Adelaide Now, 23 Nov 2011
The Australian Water Project report, (4.76MB pdf) CEDA, 23 Nov 2011
Water windfall for ex-MP's, The Age, 23 Nov 2011
UC secures $49m to fight feral peril, Canberra Times, 23 Nov 2011
Rural towns urged to think about more than water, ABC, 22 Nov 2011
Paton:Storm Boy's Coorong could be lost, Adelaide Now, 21 Nov 2011
Xenophon:SA ignored in Murray fight, Adelaide Now, 21 Nov 2011
Xenophon backs state's water action, The Australian, 21 Nov 2011
Expert's desperate plea to save the Coorong, Adelaide Now, 21 Nov 2011
SA asked to give up water to save MDB, Adelaide Now, 19 Nov 2011
Murray-Darling chiefs 'caving in to Lib states', The Australian, 19 Nov 2011
Murray-Darling goals on water quality 'aspirational', The Age, 19 Nov 2011
Leaked Murray-Darling plan stokes job loss fears, ABC, 18 Nov 2011
No surprises?, Conservation Council of SA, 18 Nov 2011
Murray-Darling Basin Plan leaked before release next week, ABC Rural, 18 Nov 2011
First Peoples of the River Murray and Mallee Native Title Success, ABC, 18 Nov 2011
Federal Govt flush with water, Weekly Times Now, 18 Nov 2011
MDBA 'confirms' lack of water, The Australian, 18 Nov 2011
River Operations Update, MDBA Freeflow Blog, 11 Nov 2011
Cloud of uncertainty, The Australian -video, 11 Nov 2011
Clouds of uncertainty, The Australian - pay article, 11 Nov 2011
Buybacks go against the grain, The Australian - pay article, 11 Nov 2011
Tidal pressures generate estuarine conditions, Trevor Harden, 10 Nov 2011
MDBA Blog for community comments
Farmers wait with hope for basin plan, The Canberra Times, 7 Nov 2011
Hopes rise and fall on Murray's fortune, The Australian, 7 Nov 2011
Green groups raise doubts about river plan, Adelaide Now, 7 Nov 2011
Delays hit Murray rescue blueprint, Adelaide Now, 4 Nov 2011
Water Management Partnerships: Report 2010, COAG, 3 Nov 2011
Tony Burke strikes out over SA Premier's Murray claim, The Australian, 4 Nov 2011
Will the draft Basin plan be any better?, The Land, 3 Nov 2011
$4.5m did not buy more water for environment, The Australian, 3 Nov 2011
Murray Darling aquifer cuts, Weekly Times Now, 3 Nov 2011
Weatherill targets MD Authority, The Australian, 3 Nov 2011
Cruel blow to irrigators, Weekly Times Now, 2 Nov 2011
SA Premier releases threatened fish, Adelaide Now, 2 Nov 2011
Weatherill in Canberra for Murray talks, ABC, 2 Nov 2011
Jay Weatherill muddies the waters..., The Australian, 2 Nov 2011
October 2011
Coorong and Hills birds now on national 'risk' list, Adelaide Now, 31 Oct 2011
Upstream states raid Murray Darling water, Adelaide Now, 31 Oct 2011
Shaping up for water fight over Murray, Adelaide Now, 29 Oct 2011
'Hands off our water', The Area News, 28 Oct 2011
Native Fish Awareness Week next month, Fishing World, 27 Oct 2011
Murray River interest groups happy to agree on a common goal, ABC, 27 Oct 2011
Higher flows boost Lake Bonney salinity, ABC, 27 Oct 2011
Murray-Darling Basin plan unlikely to bring peace, The Australian, 27 Oct 2011
Limits on water drawn from ground to increase, The Age, 27 Oct 2011
Victoria hits basin targets, Weekly Times Now, 26 Oct 2011
SA premier meets with Riverland irrigators, Weekly Times Now, 26 Oct 2011
SA unity the key on Murray's future, ABC, 26 Oct 2011
The Murray Darling: Perceptions and Players, Late Night Live, 20 Oct 2011
Murray-Darling stalemate, Weekly Times Now, 19 Oct 2011
Water buyback 'rethink', SMH, 17 Oct 2011
Mosquito numbers higher along Murray, ABC, 14 Oct 2011
Snowy River revival a bad vibe for climate, The Australian, 13 Oct 2011
Water 'Alarmist' claims in water row, Weekly Times Now, 13 Oct 2011
The 'right' to irrigate has responsibilities, Stock and Land, 14 Oct 2011
Wild river runs free again for the first time in 50 years, The Australian, 11 Oct 2011
US dam busters supply fresh hope to river life, The Canberra Times, 8 Oct 2011
Water under the bridge: A guide to the Murray Darling Basin, The Monthly, Oct 2011
Environment groups reject hopelessly flawed MDB plan..., Greenpages, 5 Oct 2011
Environmentalists reject Murray proposal, SMH, 4 Oct 2011
Riverland farms drained by drought, Adelaide Now, 1 Oct 2011
September 2011
River Murray Flow Advice Update, Water for Good, 30 Sept 2011
Councils incensed by gloomy Murray Darling report, ABC, 30 Sept 2011
Feral carp carpet our rivers, The Telegraph, 26 Sept 2011
Environmental scientists look to youth for inspiration, Brisbane Times, 24 Sept 2011
Water Southern irrigators miss out, Weekly Times Now, 22 Sept 2011
Calm heads at Clayton meeting, The Times, 21 Sept 2011
MDBA condemns river to death, ABC, Opinion, 19 Sept 2011
Big environment gets its facts wrong on the Murray, ABC, Opinion, 20 Sept 2011
Removing the barrages... dead sea, Kim McHugh, 16 Sept 2011
No proof $3 billion water buyback is wise, The Australian, 15 Sept 2011
Wasted Murray Money, Jennifer Marohasy, 17 Sept 2011
Murray plan won't be in early 2012:Burke, SMH, 15 Sept 2011
Outrage over new Murray-Darling estimates, The Australian, 15 Sept 2011
Murray limits revised in new plan, Stock and Land, 15 Sept 2011
Murray plan aims low, Adelaide Now, 15 Sept 2011
Removal starts next month, Victor Harbor Times, 14 Sept 2011
Draft basin cuts exposed, Weekly Times, 14 Sept 2011
No water for Murray River irrigators, Jennifer Marohasy Blog, 13 Sept 2011
River Murray Flow Advice, Water for Good, 9 Sept 2011
Murray returns in all it's colourful beauty, Adelaide Now , 3 Sept 2011
August 2011
Barham irrigator questions Murray health 'crisis', ABC, 31 Aug 2011
Murray flows may hit 50,000 megalitres, ABC, 31 Aug 2011
Sea will save the Murray mouth, The Australian, 27 Aug 2011
The Murray's lakes have always been freshwater habitats, The Australian, 30 Aug
Murray an old salt, The Australian, 31 Aug 2011
Murray's nature, The Australian, 1 Sept
Upstream farmers call for Lower Lakes inquiry, Stock Journal, 27 Aug 2011
Hazardous soils identified across Basin, ABC, 25 Aug 2011
19,000 wetlands assessed for acid sulfate soils, MDBA, 24 Aug 2011
What a waste, Stock Journal, 25 Aug 2011
Marathon mulloway swims interstate, The Age, 23 Aug 2011
Call for Basin Community Committee members, MDBA, 19 Aug 2011
Drains 'tax' proposal fires up debate, Stock Journal, 18 Aug 2011
Feds' high-value water course, Weekly Times Now, 18 Aug 2011
Caica tours Coorong, Murray Valley Standard, 17 Aug 2011
Irrigator group offers big land and water package, ABC Rural, 17 Aug 2011
John Pettigrew, environmental farmer, ABC Rural, 16 Aug 2011
Basin plan delayed until November, Weekly Times Now, 11 Aug 2011
Focus needed on Lower Lakes, Weekly Times Now, 10 Aug 2011
Economists say water buyback can save MDR, Wilderness Society, 9 Aug 2011
Murray flows running high, ABC, 9 Aug 2011
New fight over Murray rescue, 3 Aug 2011
Craig Knowles delays Murray report, 3 Aug 2011
Miner wants to pump into creek, Adelaide Now, 2 Aug 2011
Dead fish mystery at Murray lake, Weekly Times Now, 1 Aug 2011
July 2011
Local catchment groups to manage water, ABC, 29 July 2011
Murray boss Craig Knowles vows to end ad hoc river rules, Adelaide Now, 29 July 2011
Adaptive SDL's create Murray Darling water incentives, Environment Institute, 28 July 2011
Murray-Darling Basin Authority plan used wrong modelling, The Australian, 27 July 2011
Basin water D-day, Weekly Times Now, 27 July 2011
Murray-Darling Basin plan economics., Prof Lin Crase, 27 July 2011
Murray-Darling Basin Plan numbers worst kept secret..., Wilderness Society, 27 July 2011
Basin plan biased to SA, Weekly Times Now, 27 July 2011
Heed the science, urges SA on Murray's future, ABC, 27 July 2011
Online forum to gather views on Murray Darling Basin Plan, , Herald Sun, 25 July 2011
The Disputed Natural History of the Lower Murray, Myth and the Murray, 24 July 2011
The Lower Lakes and Restoring the Murray River’s Estuary, Johnny Kahlbetzer, 24 July 2011
Salt killing Coorong ecosystem, warn scientists, ABC, 23 July 2011
Salinity halved as Murray recovers from drought, ABC, 22 July 2011
Push for pipeline to cut Lake Albert salinity, ABC, 21 July 2011
Murray River and pest management in NSW Farmers' sights, 20 July 2011
NSW farmers calling for lower lakes independent inquiry, ABC, 20 July 2011
Riverland 'deserves better water deal', Adelaide Now, 15 July 2011
June 2011
Murray basin plan doesn't hold water, Stock & Land, 29 June 2011
Economist says taxpayer dollars wasted on Murray Darling Basin, Radio National, 29 June 2011
End the barrage of SA spin, The Land, 23 June 2011
Politicians unite to rescue the Murray, Adelaide Now, 23 June 2011
The big barrage question, The Land, 16 June 2011
Letters to the editor, The Land, 23 June 2011
Basin Futures - Water reform in the Murray Darling Basin, ANU E Press, June 2011
Water irrigators slam buybacks, Weekly Times Now, 16 June 2011
Climate to cut output, Weekly Times Now, 16 June 2011
Cultural water push for Basin Plan, ABC News, 16 June 2011
Murray fight down gurgler, Adelaide Now, 15 June 2011
SA and Vic settle water dispute, SMH, 15 June 2011
Rann government warns Murray states it will sue, The Australian, 15 June 2011
Normal Murray flows tipped to return soon, 14 June 2011
Muddying the waters, Indaily's Blog, 9 June 2011
Pooling problem, Stock Journal, 9 June 2011
Barrages Need Fixing: Not Removal, Newsmaker, 9 June 2011
AG heavyweights wade into MDB battle, The Land, 9 June 2011
Push for wharf precinct funding, The Times, 8 June 2011
CSIRO findings sink revised basin plan, The Australian, 8 June 2011
Irrigators campaign to remove the barrages, Adelaide Now, 7 June 2011
Report states extra water will not be enough for Murray, Adelaide Now, 7 June 2011
The Goyder Institute's Synthesis: Science review of basin plan
Free-flowing estuary vital to healthy river, The Australian, 7 June 2011
Water authorities let River Murray run dry, Adelaide Now, 6 June 2011
We must back our world-class food producers, Adelaide Now, 6 June 2011
Risk alert over trade in water, The Australian, 6 June 2011
Flow figures cast doubts on plan, SMH, 6 June 2011
Basin plan 'underestimates impacts of dams', ABC, 6 June 2011
Full water allocation to open year, ABC Riverland, 6 June 2011
Barrages cripple Murray River Estuary, NewsMaker, 3 June 2011
Murray darling basin plan slammed by parliamentary inquiry, Adelaide Now, 3 June 2011
Efficiency gains 'just don't hold water', The Australian, 3 June 2011
Windsor report slams Murray-Darling authority, ABC, 2 June 2011
Read the Windsor report here, "Of drought and flooding rains"
Proposed National Water Fund would dole out water allocations, The Australian, 2 June 2011
May 2011
Lower Lakes seawater intrusions, Ian Rowan, 29 May 2011
Murray Darling Basin Debating Term, David Boyd's Blog, 28 May 2011
Water isn't the problem, Quadrant Online, Ron Pike, 27 May 2011
Long term solution for River Murray put in too hard basket, Adelaide Now, 27 May 2011
What a fantastic law, if you are a frog: MDBA, The Australian, 27 May 2011
How much water does the Murray need?, Adelaide Now, 27 May 2011
Political climate will kill the Murray, Adelaide Now, 27 May 2011
Water releases into the Murray not the 'Bidgee, ABC, 27 May 2011
Murray Murmurings: Scientists question 'great new science', Crikey, 26 May 2011
Investors splash into water rights, Financial Standard, 25 May 2011
Water pumped into Murray River, The Border Mail, 25 May 2011
Cheap tactics in Murray-Darling debate, Weekly Times, 25 May 2011
Basin communities take hard-line as budget-dust settles, Stock & Land, 25 May 2011
Six point plan, Myth and the Murray, 24 May 2011
New Murray plan 'politics not science', Adelaide Now, 24 May 2011
Authority says findings will be considered, MDBA, 23 May 2011
The Water Act and The Murray-Darling Basin Plan, Journals Talk, 21 May 2011
Basin much have independent review: GetUp, Herald Sun, 21 May 2011
Scientists quit over new Murray plan, Adelaide Now, 20 May 2011
Saving Acid Wetlands, Catalyst video, 19 May 2011
Federal Government announces $118m to future-proof MMCLL, Adelaide Now, 19 May 2011
Fish tags reveal Basin wide journeys, ABC Riverina, 19 May 2011
Water Act flawed:irrigators, Nine News, 19 May 2011
Drought recover boost for lower Murray region, ABC, 18 May 2011
Feedback on the basin plan published, ABC Rural, 18 May 2011
Murray-Darling authority chief resigns, ABC, 11 May 2011
Irrigating with brackish water, New Inventors, 11 May 2011
Counterbalance Ep43, 5EFM, 10 May 2011
Inside a Clayton community meeting, 15min35se
About seawater, acid soils and a Lower Lake estuary, 57min20sec
Fish recovery good news for Murray River, Australian Geographic, 2 May 2011
April 2011
An experimental streamflow reconstruction for the River Murray, Australia, 1783–1988, 26 April 2011
River Murray Flow Advice, Water for Good, 21 April 2011
Lower Lakes - solution or barrier?, Stock & Land, 15 April 2011
Don't single out irrigators, Weekly Times Now, 13 April 2011
Call for water fairness, Weekly Times Now, 13 April 2011
Water allocation decisions within the MDB, Informed Farmers, 12 April 2011
MPs convinced Murray is 'returning to good health', Adelaide Now, 13 April 2011
DENR Maps of Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth, 12 April 2011
A Murray mouth who'd talking sense, Business Spectator, 11 April 2011
Farmers struggle under rising water costs, Stock Journal, 8 April 2011
Dry dilemma opens barrage of questions, The Land, 8 April 2011
Title fight looms on Murray water flow, The Australain, 8 April 2011
March 2011
SE Australian Recent Climate History, 31 March 2011
Paleoclimatic Relevant to Natural Resource Management in MDB
MDBA chairman visits Riverina, ABC, 29 March 2011
Lower Murray community welcomes bund removal, ABC, 29 March 2011
Dam removal lets River Murray's Lower Lakes flow, Adelaide Now, 29 March 2011
Endangered frog making a comeback, ABC, 28 March 2011
Lower Lakes Plants, Salinity and Ecological Character, Trevor Harden, 19 March 2011
Harvard Professor John Briscoe on MDB Plan, David Boyd's Blog, 18 March 2011
Knowles says he has little ownership of the plan, 18 March 2011
Murray system analysis slammed, AdelaideNow, 18 March 2011
The Living Murray Environmental waterings 2009-10, MDBA, 18 March 2011
High acidity still affecting lower Murray region, ABC, 18 March 2011
Experts 'misquoted' in water plan, The Canberra Times, 16 March 2011
Doubt hobbles MDBA, Stock & Land, 16 March 2011
Windsor clarifies MDB enviro flows figure, ABC, 16 March 2011
Fish return to Coorong as salinity drops, ABC, 15 March 2011
Farmers water allocations, David Boyd, 11 March 2011
CSIRO cans water spin, Weekly Times Now, 10 March 2011
World spotlight on river management in Australia, ACF's blog, 9 March 2011
VFF criticises basin plan process, ABC, 8 March 2011
Drought advisors appeal to cut red tape, Adelaide Now, 8 March 2011
Will the rivers of 'white gold' run dry?, Stock & Land, 7 March 2011
Murray-Darling chairman won't back board, ABC, 7 March 2011
Backlash in the Basin, 4 Corners, 7 March 2011
Acid water fouls River Murray, Adelaide Now, 6 March 2011
Axe Murray-Darling plan and start again: US expert, SMH, 5 March 2011
Public Works: The urgent need to build more dams, News Weekly, 5 March 2011
Goolwa Beach Pipi closure extended for a month, PIRSA, 4 March 2011
ABARES makes worst case scenario job losses, ABC Rural, 3 March 2011
February 2011
Bent Science, Trevor Harden, reprint 28 Feb 2011
Bent Science an Example, Trevor Harden 28 Feb 2011
Queensland floods - how unregulated levees made them worse, Crikey, 28 Feb 2011
The Unpopular View - The MDBA Debacle, Topher, 28 Feb 2011
Macroalgae to grow on land, Stock Journal, 25 Feb 2011
SA to argue for environmental flows, SMH, 25 Feb 2011
Flooded Murray leaves many shacks under water, Adelaide Now, 22 Feb 2011
Blackwater reaches Murray's lower lakes, ABC, 22 Feb 2011
SA researcher to lead key River Murray project, Stock Journal, 21 Feb 2011
Windsor's MDB concerns, Stock Journal, 18 Feb 2011
Federal Government revamps buybacks, ABC Rural, 18 Feb 2011
Questions over Snowy Hydro water management, Jennifer Marohasy, 16 Feb 2011
Lease deals suggested if framers won't sell..., The Australian, 15 Feb 2011
Murray water leaving a bad taste, Stock Journal, 14 Feb 2011
View feedback received on MDBA plan, MDBA, 14 Feb 2011
Action near on lake's salinity, Adelaide Now, 12 Feb 2011
Murray-Darling water buybacks may be compulsory, The Australian, 11 Feb 2011
Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin, Auditor General, 10 Feb 2011 (4 MB)
Floods transform Murray towns, The World Today, 10 Feb 2011
Water wars, The 7:30 Report, ABC, 10 Feb 2011
State steps up battle over Murray-Darling Basin, The Age, 9 Feb 2011
Victorian government call to delay Murray rescue plan, The Australian, 9 Feb 2011
What's not important to Murray River modelers, Jennifer Marohasy, 8 Feb 2011
Flood watch for Murray flows, Stock Journal, 8 Feb 2011
'Blackwater' blamed for fish kill, ABC, 8 Feb 2011
Peters backs regional solutions for MDB, The Land, 7 Feb 2011
Pulse flows to liven up rivers, Science Alert, 4 Feb 2011
Celebrating Wetlands! Guest Blogger Dr Anne Jensen, The Environment Inst, 2 Feb 2011
Healthy Murray basin worth $9.8 billion: greenies, SMH, 2 Feb 2011
Knowles denies plans to purge, The Age, 2 Feb 2011
Healthy Murray-Darling worth '$10 billion', ABC, 2 Feb 2011
January 2011
Flow regulation reduces native plant cover..., Journal of Applied Ecology, 31 Jan 2011
Authority tips lower Murray flood flow level, 28 Jan 2011
New Murray-Darling chief named, ABC, 28 Jan 2011
River Murray mapping updated to reflect higher flows, Water for Good, 27 Jan 2011
Floodwaters: won't fix Coorong, ABC, 27 Jan 2011
Creeping flow of dirty water killing fish, The Age, 26 Jan 2011
Murray-Darling water plan hits house prices, The Australian, 27 Jan 2011
Allocation boost urged, Stock Journal, 27 Jan 2011
Water wars continue despite the floods, Herald Sun, 22 Jan 2011
CSIRO: Queensland's Drought Wasn't "Global Warming"...,PA Pundits, 21 Jan 2011
SA to escape flooding, ABC Rural, 20 Jan 2011
Murray Darling Basin Plan, David Boyd, 14 Jan 2011
Salinity in Lake Albert reaches dangerous level, News.com.au, 7 Jan 2011
Murray takes a salt hit, Weekly Times Now, 5 Jan 2011
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