River focus shifts to states
PRESSURE over the declining health of Australia's rivers has been thrown back on the states, with federal Water Minister Penny Wong using the announcement of $3.1 billion in environmental flows to highlight the plight of rivers such as Melbourne's Yarra. The $3.1 billion for buying back water entitlements in the Murray-Darling is part of $12.9 billion for water in next month's federal budget.
Related Content
- Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding disposal of e-waste, 15/01/2021
- Making the law count: ten environment justice stories by community paralegals in India
- Cooperative water governance for climate resilience: are institutional arrangements in Southern Africa fit for purpose?
- Switching plans on U.S. plutonium disposal costly, risky: study
- Budget 2013-2014: speech of P. Chidambaram, Minister of Finance
- National Water Resources Council Adopts National Water Policy (2012)