News & Updates
Submission to the Menindee Lakes Review
The Menindee Lakes is an area with great ecological and cultural significance. The review of management of the Menindee Lakes is an important opportunity to fix the issues that are causing fish kills, algal blooms and declining ecological health. We recently made a...
Submission to the National Water Reform 2026 inquiry
We recently made a submission to the Productivity Commission's inquiry on governments’ progress under the National Water Initiative. Download the submission here>>
Submission to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan Review
Despite some progress since the Basin Plan was introduced in 2012, too much water is still being taken from rivers and aquifers for irrigation and not enough water is reaching important wetland and floodplain ecosystems. The health of the river system continues to...
Media Release: Grave conditions threaten the Murray-Darling Basin – Conservationists call for major changes as review looms
Australia’s largest river system is in an unacceptably distressed state, with water being extracted for irrigation at unsustainable rates at the expense of river communities, wetlands, and ecosystems, according to a major new submission to the Murray-Darling Basin...
Media Release: Bold reset required as 10 year review of the Basin Plan kicks off
As a major review of the Murray Darling Basin Plan begins today, the Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance will push for a bold and ambitious response to return Australia’s largest river system to health. . Public consultation on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan Review...
Media Release: Brave and ambitious plan needed to revive Murray Darling from the brink
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 As the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is set to kick off its 10 year review, a leading group of tourism, Traditional Owner, science, health and conservation organisations are calling on the Albanese government to be brave and ambitious in...