Damning royal commission report leaves no doubt that we all lose if the Murray-Darling Basin Plan fails
- Written by Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
In the wake of revelations of water theft, fish kills, and towns running out of water, the South Australian Royal Commission into the Murray-Darling Basin has reported that the Basin Plan must be strengthened if there is to be any hope of saving the river system, and the communities along it, from a bleak future.
Evidence uncovered by the Royal...