Cotton kept going in northern Murray-Darling Basin, report finds

NEW research from The Australia Institute has found about 2000 gigalitres of water was used for cotton crops in the northern Murray-Darling Basin in the past year, while virtually no water made it downstream to Menindee. The report Owing Down the River – Mortgaging the future flows of the Barwon-Darling/Barka River, to be released today, found […]

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    Ross River virus risk rises

    HOLIDAY makers and residents of regional Victoria are being urged to protect themselves from mosquito bites following recent detections of Ross River virus in mosquito…