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What will the Basin Plan deliver
for the Goulburn River?Is this a Green Action blog?: NULL Summary: The Goulburn River provides more water for use in Victoria than any other river except the mighty Murray itself...Hero Image: read more
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2011
a year in the life of the Healthy Rivers campaignIs this a Green Action blog?: NULL Summary: A year in the life of the Healthy Rivers campaign...Hero Image: Location: See map: Google Mapsread more
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2012 -
make or break for the Murray-Darling!This year is going to be one of big questions and decisions for our biggest river system. The questions is - will the final version of the Murray-Darling Basin...
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Time to put pen to paper
for Murray submissions!It’s hard to believe but the 20 week consultation period on the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan is coming to a close – submissions are due on Monday, 16 April. So for all of us...
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Connecting ecology and economy
Victorian government misses the pointReading the Victorian government’s submission on the draft Murray Darling Basin Plan, you would think that restoring river health was of no benefit to anyone and...
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Remember all those submissions you sent in, thousands of them asking for more water to be returned to the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin? Well it seems like the message we sent so loud and clear...
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Water buybacks a big success with irrigators
Last year we published a report called ‘Oversubscribed’ which busted some of the myths around water buybacks in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB). We showed that irrigators were really keen to sell their...
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The more water the better for rivers!
For months we have been asking the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) to work out what would happen if the Basin Plan returned more water to the Murray and the other rivers of the Murray-Darling...
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Gunbower forest– more water means more trees, more birds, more fish
Gunbower-Koondrook-Perricoota Forest (Gunbower is the Victorian part) on the Murray River is the second largest River Red Gum forest on Earth. For generations, people have been drawn to its natural...
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Basin Plan close to a deal – last chance for action!
Prime Minister Gillard made an exciting announcement on Friday, adding 450 billion litres to the target for environmental water recovery for the Murray River.The target is edging closer to the 4000...
View ArticleLast chance to save the Murray
After months of wrangling the Murray Darling Basin Plan is about to be presented to Parliament by Minister Burke. But it’s looking increasingly likely that $11 billion of taxpayers’ funds is going to...
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Right now, take a moment to reflect on what’s been achieved for the Murray
One of the first things I did for a Healthy Rivers campaign was to stand on the banks of the Yarra and hand out leaflets to commuters asking them to support their politicians in returning 500...
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Victoria’s rivers in 2013
We all know it’s been hot this summer. Records have been dropping like flies. But we may not have noticed that it has also been dry, and this is having a dramatic impact on flows in rivers across...
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Duck hunting in Ramsar listed wetlands – is it a wise use?
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Significance is an international treaty that provides for the conservation and ‘wise use’ of wetlands and their resources. Its mission is "the...
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Basin Plan implementation gets underway
For better or worse, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan became law in November 2012. After the many trials and tribulations that went into the plan’s creation, we are now in a different phase –...
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Wetlands under threat, need help…
Do you have a favourite wetland? It could be just about anywhere in Victoria - somewhere big like Moira Lake in the Barmah Forest or Sale Common, or somewhere small like the Kew Billabong on the...
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Calling all river photographers – please share your pictures!
The Healthy Rivers team is working on an exciting new project called Our Rivers Our Lifeblood and we need your help to bring it to life. We’ve researched important information about Victoria’s rivers:...
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Constraints and the Murray-Darling Basin Plan
We promised to keep you posted on the implementation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It’s been almost a year since it was approved by the federal Parliament and there has been plenty of work going on...
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Commonwealth Water Act under review
The Commonwealth Water Act, which came into operation in 2008, is ground-breaking environmental legislation. For the first time it put environmental protection at the centre of water management in the...
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River health or government wealth?
Victoria’s rivers are in trouble. We are taking too much water out, letting too much pollution in and degrading our riverbanks by allowing livestock unrestricted access.These problems are well...
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