A fierce tussle over a Northern Territory river reveals Australia’s stark choice on water justice
- Written by Quentin Grafton, Australian Laureate Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The Roper RiverChris Ison/ShutterstockWater is now a contested resource around the world. Nowhere is this more evident than in the fight playing out over the Northern Territory’s Roper River – one of the last free-flowing rivers in Australia, nurtured by the enduring presence of First Nations custodians.
The territory government...





