Water
Access to safe sanitation still low in developing world
WaterAid’s State of the World’s Toilets 2017 report shows reaching the 2030 sustainable development goal for worldwide toilet access will be......
Special laws planned to avoid energy blackout
NSW Labour has announced it will support the State Governments plan to enact special laws to approve the Springvale mine......
Australia called upon to assist crisis in Myanmar
Humanitarian organisations ask the Australian government to do more to condemn the actions of the Myanmar military regime, as tens of......
Better monitoring needed to assess national water plan
The Productivity Commission has praised the operation of Australia’s water saving plan, while noting improvements can be made. The National......
Recycling gives Aussies in Antarctica the ‘cleanest water in the world’
A team of researchers from Victoria University, University of Melbourne, Australian Antarctic Division, Veolia, TasWater, Coliban Water, RMIT University, Curtin University......
A dam waste: report slams ord river scheme
A new study shows over fifty years of investment in an irrigation scheme in north Western Australia has given little......
Indigenous populations fight for the Murray
The debate surrounding the Murray-Darling River has reached new heights with allegations of stealing water against NSW irrigators. Amongst the......
Stolen water unites South Australia’s Politicians
Not since the last drought has the River Murray and its water raised so much debate and it’s bringing together......
Carp-e Diem: Turtles Seize the Day
In May 2016 the Australian Government announced their plan to release a strain of the Herpes virus into the Murray......
Geo-engineering could help Great Barrier Reef’s coral bleaching
A proposal by The Reef and Rainforest research center has made plans to pump cold water on to localised sections......