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"Some A$13 billion in taxpayer dollars and 30 years of policy reform have
failed to arrest the devastating decline in the health of Australia’s most
important river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, new research shows.
The four-year study released today involved 12 scientists from Australia’s
leading universities, and draws on data from 1980 to 2023. It is the most
comprehensive report card to date on government policies to protect the
Murray-Darling.
We found expensive and contentious reforms, including the once-vaunted
Murray-Darling Basin Plan, have mostly failed to improve outcomes for people
and nature along the river system.
The result is deeply alarming for a natural asset so fundamental to Australia’s
environmental, cultural and economic wellbeing. Here, we outline our findings,
and present a plan to turn this situation around."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
