Tag: murray-darling basin
Grattan on Saturday: Blowin’ in the wind with Barnaby
Scott Morrison is fond of telling his troops they’re in a boat. On Thursday he said Barnaby Joyce was “a wind in the sails”....
How is oxygen ‘sucked out’ of our waterways?
Dead fish are a source of food for bacteria,
which then extract oxygen from the river. AAP
A million fish have died in the Murray Darling...
We need more than just extra water to save the Murray-Darling Basin
The Murray-Darling Basin is an
incredibly complex ecological system. Mike Russell
After a long and contentious public debate, in 2012 Australia embarked on a significant...
Millions of rotting fish: turtles and crays can save us from Carpageddon
Turtle hatchlings could be released into the Murray River to manage the sudden influx of dead carp
The Australian government plans to target invasive European...