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The 2021-22 South Australian grain harvest is estimated to be the most valuable on record reaching a farmgate value of $2.8 billion, according to a

VIC Premier The Andrews Labor Government has announced new trade and operating rules for the Goulburn River that will protect irrigators’ ability to trade the water they need while improving the health of the river. Acting Water Minister Richard Wynne said the rules will protect the river from prolonged high flows over summer and autumn, while ensuring traded water can be delivered without increasing risks to Murray water users. The interim trade rule for 2021-22 and extension of interim operating arrangements for another 12 months were set following extensive community consultation, which ...

Date Time Five projects set to accelerate Basin Plan Implementation of the Murray Darling Basin Plan has shifted up a gear, following agreement between the Commonwealth and Basin states. Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey has announced details of the five accelerated key Sustainable Diversion Limit (SDL) projects agreed to at last week’s Murray Darling Ministerial Council meeting. The projects being proposed for acceleration include the: Sustainable Diversion Limit offsets in the Lower Murray: Locks 8 & 9 Project Yanco Creek Modernisation Project (Modernising Supply Syst...

Record numbers of blood-sucking lamprey fish in Murray River system in Australia 29 Apr, 2021 05:32 AM 2 minutes to read Scientists have found an endangered native fish in record numbers in the Murray River system, which is great news for the environment and lamprey fish. Photo / Getty Images Scientists have found an endangered native fish in record numbers in the Murray River system, which is great news for the environment and lamprey fish. Photo / Getty Images news.com.au By: Evin Priest An ancient, blood-sucking fish has made a comeback from near-extinction after record numbers were monito...

Share The Millennium Drought was between 2001 – 2010, with the worst period between 2007 and 2010 with no freshwater flow from the River Murray to the Coorong and ocean. This stopped the migration of adult lamprey from the Southern Ocean to the River Murray, where the lampreys return to their own birthplace to breed, lay eggs and then die. 'There were no freshwater flows to the ocean from the River Murray at the Lower Murray barrages for almost three years,' Adrienne Rumbelow from the Department for Environment and Water South Australia said. 'You need winter flows that are allowed to tra...