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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Management of the 2020 Northern Basin First Flush Event – NSW

by HRDSeptember 10, 2020

Independent Panel Assessment of the Management of the 2020 Northern Basin First Flush Event Final Report – September 2020 From late January to the end of April 2020, widespread rain fell across various parts of northwest New South Wales (NSW)…

Controversial Menindee Lakes proposal labelled a waste of time as stakeholder group puts talks on hold

by HRDAugust 23, 2020

ABC Broken Hill By Declan Gooch and Christopher Testa Landholders frustrated over a controversial plan to store less water in the Menindee Lakes have suspended talks with the NSW Government. Key points: The NSW Government wants to reduce evaporation at the Menindee Lakes…

Let the Rivers Run

by HRDJuly 20, 2020

Published in the Sydney Morning Herald 20th July 2020 The Murray Darling Basin Plan came into effect on June 30, 2019. One year later there is still a shortfall of 46.7 billion litres in water recovery, mainly in the Northern…

Letter to the Editor, Northern Daily Leader: Phil Spark, Tamworth NSW. 8th October 2019

by HRDJuly 11, 2020

Letter to the Editor, Northern Daily Leader: Phil Spark, Tamworth NSW. “I agree with Barnaby the government does face annihilation, but not because it hasn’t built dams, rather because it hasn’t acknowledged the climate emergency and is out of touch…

Govt tight-lipped on ACCC Murray–Darling Basin water report

by HRDJuly 4, 2020

The Saturday Paper – Margaret Simons 4/7/2020 “When you’ve got 60 or 70 per cent of the activity in that market with prices that are zero or non-commercial, then you know that technically the market isn’t real,” says Loch. “I’ve…

NSW Water Sharing Plans set to fail farmers, communities and the environment

by HRDJune 26, 2020June 26, 2020

Environmental Defenders Office The NSW Government is poised to sign off on plans for the Murray-Darling that will lock in inadequate volumes of environmental water for the next decade. The Water Sharing Plans set out how water in the river…

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