News & Updates
Media Release: Dead parrots and wilting Red Gums, but Murray can save the Murray
A new Commonwealth report into the Murray Darling Basin reveals why Red Gums are wilting and Regent Parrots are threatened, with only a little over half the purported benefits of an irrigator offset actually eventuating. In 2017, Commonwealth and state ministers cut...
Our submission to the Water Act Review
We recently made a submission to the review of the Water Act, the Commonwelath law that governs how water is managed in the Murray-Darling Basin. The Act provides an important framework for protecting and restoring rivers and wetlands and the review is a critical...
Have your say on the Water Act
The Water Act is being reviewed and there is an opportunity to provide submissions by 31 August 2026. The Water Act provides an important framework for protecting rivers and wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin and we encourage you to make a submission as this is a...
Our call for urgent action to protect bird populations
In July, in partnership with BirdLife Australia, we wrote to Federal Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt and to the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, Dr Simon Banks, calling for immediate action to protect bird populations in the Murray-Darling Basin...
Media Release: Alarm grows as Bird Flu hits the Murray-Darling Basin
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Conservation and bird advocacy organisations are calling for an urgent national response to strengthen wetland resilience and protect vulnerable waterbird populations as H5N1 bird flu hits the Murray-Darling Basin. The call follows...
Media release: H5 Bird Flu threatens Murray-Darling devastation – emergency response needed to avoid catastrophic loss of Australian waterbirds
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 With H5 Bird Flu now confirmed in Australia, the Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance is calling for an emergency response to strengthen the resilience and health of critical wetland bird habitat across the Murray-Darling Basin. “The already...