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Water Rights Spark Tension As Murray-Darling Basin Plan Shapes Agriculture
July 25th, 2024
Via Pinnacle Gazette, an article on how the Australian federal government’s water buyback scheme creates challenges and shifts for farmers amid rising water prices and environmental needs: Keeping water flowing through the Murray-Darling Basin has become a high-stakes game in Australia, one where both the environment and agriculture are vying for a dwindling resource. As […]
Read more »BHP, South Australia Strike Mega Water Deal To Turbocharge Copper Mining
February 21st, 2024
Via the Financial Review, a report on BHP and the South Australian government plans for a multibillion-dollar desalination plant to accelerate copper mining in the region: BHP and the South Australian government are close to finalising talks over a multibillion-dollar desalination plant for the Upper Spencer Gulf as the miner grows more confident in its […]
Read more »Australian Water Industry: Undergoing Profound Change
February 15th, 2024
Via Cosmos Magazine, a look at the Australian water industry which is undergoing profound change Australians have worried about running out of water since before colonisation. Back then, coastal Aboriginal people turned to rivers, streams and lakes for drinking water; those inland, perhaps a mound spring or well-charged rock hole. Others may have had to […]
Read more »The Price of Water and the Ongoing Colonization of Nature: Australian Cases in Global Context
December 22nd, 2023
Via MR Online, an article examining the price of water and colonization of nature in Australia: Nothing is more useful than water; but it will scarce purchase anything; scarce anything may be had in exchange for it. —Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations The water crisis results from an erroneous equation of value with monetary price. […]
Read more »Water (In)Sovereignty: USA, China and United Kingdom Are The Largest Foreign Owners of Australian Water
September 14th, 2023
Via ABC.au, a report that Canada, USA, UK and China top the list of foreign owners in Australia’s water market: Key points: Foreign ownership of water in Australia grew from 4,389 GL in June 2021, to 4,503 GL in June 2022 About 11 per cent of water entitlements in Australia are owned by foreign companies A […]
Read more »Five Steps Needed To Fix the Murray-Darling Basin Plan
August 3rd, 2023
Via Phys.org, a look at the Murray-Darling Basin plan: The Murray Darling Basin Plan is an historic deal between state and federal governments to save Australia’s most important river system. The A$13 billion plan, inked over a decade ago, was supposed to rein in the water extracted by farmers and communities, and make sure the […]
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