Water
'Absurd': Veteran environmentalist aims to stir Warragamba wall debate
Is lifting the dam wall primarily a flood-mitigation exercise or a way to unlock more development in the Hawkesbury-Nepean floodplain?
- by Peter Hannam
Latest
Politics
Barnaby Joyce's department paid 'tens of millions' too much for water
Another case of excessive payments for water rights in the Murray-Darling Basin has been revealed.
- by Peter Hannam
NSW
WaterNSW took almost a year to act on water theft accusations: EDO
The Berejiklian government said it was investigating a big irrigator on the Barwon-Darling River last June but farmer says he only found out last week.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
Opinion
Cry me a river: Mismanagement and corruption have left the Darling dry
I went up to Pooncarie yesterday to try to come to grips with the state of the Darling River, which has had 15 "cease to flow" events since 2001.
- by Helen Vivian
NSW
Federal anger over NSW withholding Ombudsman's corrected water report
Federal Labor have attacked the NSW government for deliberately holding back details of a damning report before a key vote on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
- by Peter Hannam
Climate Change
Cape Town calls off drought 'Day Zero' for this year
The city is suffering its worst drought in recorded history, with the dams supplying the city with water about 23 per cent full.
Breaking
NSW
WaterNSW reveals 'cynical' legal action as critical water report lands
The first legal actions over water use breaches in NSW have begun just as the Ombudsman was about to table in Parliament a report critical of the government.
- by Peter Hannam
Exclusive
NSW
'Treachery': Leaked report reveals low river flow blamed on extraction
The ailing state of the Darling River has been quietly traced to man-made water extraction, according to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's own report.
- by Peter Hannam
Queensland bottled water 'infused with love' voted world's best
Infused with frequencies of love, the moon or rainbow, Sturt Hinton’s bottled water sounds more like a magic potion than a source of hydration.
- by Megan Gorrey
NSW
Decision on water-theft prosecutions within days, WaterNSW says
The government will decide within days whether to seek prosecution of "a number" of cases of alleged water theft.
- by Peter Hannam
NSW
Joyce's 'goanna water' deal raises queries after buyback doubles price
A large water buyback when Barnaby Joyce was agriculture minister raises 'serious questions', says Rex Patrick, a Nick Xenophon Team senator.
- by Peter Hannam