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Australia’s Water Wars

An Update on Australia’s Water Wars

This spring, a 20-week public consultation concluded. The draft plan has re-enflamed arguments between irrigators and environmentalists, and pitted states against states. Read more …

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Part I: Rationing Water in Australia’s Agricultural Heartland

Australia’s recent 12-year drought hit rural farm communities hard, forcing farms to get by with drastically less water. Now the government may ask farmers to cut their water usage by another 30 or 40 percent. Read more …

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Part II: Protecting Northern Australia’s Waterways

Ranchers and environmentalists form an unlikely alliance in the dry Australian Outback to avoid another water war. Read more …

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Part III: Miners vs. Farmers in Australia

Can agriculture and mining co-exist? That question is creating a lot of tension in rural Australia. Read more …

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• Jason Margolis: Boom Times in Australia
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