Modern Australian

Deal on Murray Darling Basin Plan could make history for Indigenous water rights

  • Written by Sue Jackson, Professor, ARC Future Fellow, Griffith University
Deal on Murray Darling Basin Plan could make history for Indigenous water rightsTraditional owners on the Wimmera River, western Victoria, conducting Aboriginal waterways assessment.MLDRIN

On Monday night the Labor Party agreed to a federal government policy package intended to ensure the survival of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

The proposed amendments to the plan, and the complex technical details of water allocation, have...