Funding available for water saving infrastructure upgrades in the Murray Darling Basin is dramatically less than the headlines suggest, a review by the National Irrigators’ Council reveals. The $5.8 billion Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure Program...

The $228 million deal to fund the expansion of Adelaide’s desalination plant and reports Canberra won’t be affected by the Murray Darling Basin Plan yet again expose the double-standard that applies to urban and rural communities when it comes to water...

The National Irrigators’ Council said today it was not concerned by a further delay to the release of the draft Murray Darling Basin Plan if it meant a better balanced outcome was the result. NIC CEO Danny O’Brien said much was made of the need for...