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Authors: Rhys Downham, John Walsh, Mihir Gupta, David Galeano and Simon HonePublication date: 11 June 2024A related research product is Community vulnerability and adaptive capacity in the Murray–Darling Basin report – a focus on irrigation in agriculture.SummaryABARES has been asked by the…
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Authors: Mihir Gupta and Neal Hughes
Research by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Research report
July 2018
Summary
This study
Since the peak of the Millennium drought in 2008, the southern Murray-Darling Basin (sMDB) has seen large increases…
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DownloadEnvironmental water trade – Making every drop count (PDF - 1.4 MB)Environmental water trade – Making every drop count (DOCX - 5.1 MB)SummaryThe Commonwealth Government manages billions of dollars’ worth of water entitlements in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) with the aim of protecting and…
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5 September 2025Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the shipping industry including ship masters and shipping agentsWhat has changed?DAFF Biosecurity officers will be conducting joint inspections with AMSA Port State Control officers during the 2025 Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on…
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Water security is a growing concern for Western Australian farmers. During a period of drought between 2018 and 2020, many of the state’s 200,000 farm dams ran dry, leaving growers struggling to maintain livestock and cropping operations.In response, the WaterSmart Dams Project was launched to…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 31 January 2024 there were storms and heavy rainfall across Queensland and northern areas of Northern Territory and Western Australia. South Australia and much of southern Western Australia were generally dry.Over…
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Natural resource management-related research is part of ABARES’ applied social research and analysis. Reports have been prepared for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, other government agencies, research and development corporations, and industry bodies.Australian Forests and…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 14 May 2025 tropical lows and troughs brought rainfall to parts of eastern and northern Australia.Rainfall totals were low in all cropping regions, with 0-5 millimetres recorded in most areas.Over the coming eight…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 28 May 2025, tropical and polar lows brought rainfall to parts of north-western and south-eastern Australia respectively.Cropping regions in New South Wales received 5-100 millimetres of rainfall, while rainfall was…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 9 July 2025, frontal systems brought rainfall totals of up to 100 millimetres to parts of southern Australia. High-pressure systems kept much of the remainder of Australia largely dry.Rainfall was highly variable…
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