Inland Rivers Network

The Inland Rivers Network (“IRN”) is a coalition of environment groups and individuals that has been advocating for healthy rivers, wetlands and groundwater in the Murray-Darling Basin since 1991. Read More

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NSW water plan withdrawals highlight transparency woes

by HRDApril 21, 2021

Stock Journal, 21 April 2021, Jamieson Murphy MOST, if not all, of NSW’s 20 water resource plans may have to be withdrawn and resubmitted, and community groups are pointing to the processes as an example of the often cited lack…

Communities are asking – Show Us the Business Cases!

by HRDMarch 21, 2021

Four dam projects are speeding through the approvals process in Western NSW: Raising of Wyangala Dam Wall Mole River Dam Macquarie River re-regulating storage project at Gin Gin Dungowan Creek Dam. Taxpayers of NSW need to know how public funds…

Tusked Frog survived pandemic in Mole River ark

by HRDMarch 9, 2021

Mole River Protection Alliance MEDIA RELEASE 8th March 2021 “Tusked Frogs and Northern Brown Bandicoots – both are amazing finds I would not have dreamt of” said Phil Spark who has been conducting wildlife surveys for decades. “That’s on top…

Floodplain water harvesting in the Northern New South Wales Murray-Darling Basin February 2021 – Slattery & Johnson

by HRDFebruary 25, 2021

When the major rivers of the Northern Murray-Darling Basin flow onto their lower floodplains they break up into thousands of smaller rivers, creeks, cowals, warrambools, flood runners and billabongs. One of these is the designated river. The floodplains of the…

Productivity Commission supports community call for more transparency in water management

by HRDFebruary 11, 2021

MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 11 February 2021 Inland Rivers Network and Tamworth Water Security Alliance welcome the draft Productivity Commission Report recommendation that all town water supply options should be on the table with a rigorous, consistent and transparent assessment of…

Dungown Dam project slammed as unfeasible by report

by HRDFebruary 11, 2021

The Productivity Commission released its Draft Report on National Water Reform on the 11th February 2021. In relation to water infrastructure spend, the Commission found that decisions “reflect a suite of weaknesses in decision making by governments” in the following…

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