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Satellite imagery raises questions about source of dam water in drought-hit NSW

By David Donaldson

Energy & Environment

Following revelations of a failing water management system in 2017, regulators have been fighting back against water theft with new tools. This includes a combination…

The new decentralisation ultimatum: go bush or a local gets your job

By Stephen Easton

Economy & Industry

Murray-Darling Basin Authority chief Phillip Glyde confidently asserts the agency would do a better job with almost four times as many staff working out of…

Economic profit impossible if the Murray-Darling keeps eroding

By Geoff Edwards

Editors' Picks

Dr Geoff Edwards discusses balancing economic, social and environmental outcomes of the Murray-Darling river.

MDBA chief denies maladministration, says whistleblowers 'entitled to their opinions'

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Under pressure in Senate estimates on Friday, Murray-Darling Basin Authority chief executive Phillip Glyde maintained the recent South Australian royal commission failed to prove its…

Murray-Darling Basin Authority digs in against royal commission, full response weeks away

By Stephen Easton

Australian Capital Territory

The MDBA’s five current members have resolved to rally around chief executive Phillip Glyde and continue denying the extremely serious findings of the SA royal…

Murray-Darling plan a failure of evidence-based policy and co-operative federalism

By Stephen Easton

Editors' Picks

Public servants are in the firing line of a caustic final report from the South Australian royal commission into the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, which found…

Basin Plan ensures fair share through drought

By Phillip Glyde

Australian Capital Territory

As drought rages, this week's release of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan 5-year assessment draft by the Productivity Commission has sparked a debate about its future.

New MDBA chief has the experience to bridge troubled waters

By Stephen Easton

Energy & Environment

Balancing environmental protection versus our industry need for natural resources has become the quintessential Australian policy challenge. The new boss of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority…

Canberra's climate change brain drain becoming critical

By David Donaldson

News

Climate change expertise is being lost from the public sector as the government fails to fill board vacancies and departments stop commissioning climate policy modelling…