BREAKING: First Nations take legal action over alleged lack of consultation on Fractured Rock Water Resource Plan
@EDOLawyers is proud to represent the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) in this important test case
https://t.co/PEdwOG0BZs via @ABCaustralia
MLDRIN vs the Commonwealth. Basin Nations need to be properly consulted on the laws, regulations and plans that everyone in the system must abide by, and Basin Nations need to be listened to. #waterislife#mdb#murraydarlingbasin#waterlaw
Labor's Basin Plan bill does nothing to address First Nations water rights. As another drought looms, and First Nations continue to witness declining river health, it's time to include Traditional Owners in the Objects of the Water Act and provide real funding for #CulturalFlows
First Nations in the Murray-Darling Basin have been shortchanged in water reform and the water market.
Governments must urgently commit funding to secure water that meets their needs, write experts from @UniMelb, @Griffith_Uni + Indigenous Knowledge. https://t.co/edddcmEIOH
First Nations have been short-changed in Basin Plan politics. Now a new deal to extend the Plan contains nothing for more than 40 First Nations across the Basin. Powerful piece in the @ConversationEDU today
https://t.co/54znUOZksu
An official in India who drained part of a reservoir to retrieve his lost phone has been suspended from his job, and now is also facing the glare of the national news media in a drought-prone country where water is a precious commodity. https://t.co/YjQvwJ4YMR
More than a decade ago, every council-owned tree in Melbourne was given an email address. It was a way to keep on top of maintenance, but it soon took a more romantic turn. https://t.co/tMvkOsH3zX