In the Southern Basin, wetlands are being pushed to the brink. Chronic over-allocation, poor water-sharing rules and failed efficiency schemes have left internationally significant wetlands — including the Coorong, Lower Lakes and the Murrumbidgee River floodplain — increasingly dry and ecologically unstable. This series examines how current water law continues to favour extraction over wetland survival, and what must change to restore river connectivity, protect biodiversity and secure the Basin’s future.
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Inland Rivers Network 