landmark study reveals stark failure to halt Murray-Darling River decline
- Written by Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
ShutterstockSome 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...





