Australias rural collapse: the brutal cost of ignoring the bush

FARMERS across the Murray-Darling Basin – the lifeblood of Australia’s food and fibre production – are under increasing pressure. Government changes have reallocated 3200 gigalitres of irrigation water to environmental flows, much of it unmetered and flowing out to sea, creating dire consequences for regional food production. The Gannawarra Region alone is losing $1.3 billion […]