Learn more about the history of trading water in Australia’s three markets in this infographic. Australia boasts the world’s only large-scale system of water-rights trading, concentrated into three ...

The Murray-Darling Basin, which spans much of south-eastern Australia, has been the scene of a series of recent mass fish-kill events. The incidents follow years of complaints over poor river ...

A report card into the A$13 billion Murray–Darling Basin Plan has found much work is needed to ensure the ecology of Australia’s largest river system is properly restored. The assessment, by ...

* The basin contains 20 major rivers, including Australia's three longest rivers, the 2,740-km Darling, the 2,530-km Murray and the 1,690-km Murrumbidgee.