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Sign up hereHave your say on NSW Murray and Murrumbidgee water futures
22 May 2024
The NSW Government is inviting NSW Murray and Murrumbidgee residents to have their say on two draft regional water strategies – long-term plans to deliver safer and more secure water to towns, Aboriginal communities, businesses, and the
Macquarie-Castlereagh Regional Water Strategy launches
30 October 2023
The Macquarie-Castlereagh Regional Water Strategy has been finalised, giving towns from Oberon, Bathurst and Orange in the east, to Dubbo, Narromine, Warren and Nyngan in the west, a clear pathway to a sustainable water future.
Response to ABC 4 Corners inquiry
20 July 2017
The Murray Darling Basin (MDB) is Australia's most important agricultural region and produces one-third of the country's food supply. As with other complex river systems around the world, there are a wide variety of competing uses for a variable and
Snowy River high-flows to commence in late June
1 January 2017
The first of five planned high-flow environmental water releases during winter and spring to the Snowy River is set to commence in late June, NSW Department of Industry Director Water Analytics, Danielle Baker, said today.