Australia

Blue Community Ambassador Erin O’Donnell is in Canberra tomorrow, 17 September! She is inviting for a IWF Seminar: Settler state water laws and the problem of aqua nullius. Come and join me at A...

As The Guardian reports, Australian Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has asked a government scientific panel to examine whether contentious fracking plans in the Northern Territory’s vast Beetaloo...

The discovery of worms in tap water in a Kimberley Aboriginal community has brought sharp focus on the provision of water services in the region, revealing very little of a $350 million fund has been ...

In Australia, one of the driest continents on the planet, water is ‘gold’. Having guaranteed access to groundwater is the key to transforming dryland land into a highly profitable asset. But when that...

In a bid to safeguard water for future generations, the native title holders of a cattle station in Central Australia have escalated their legal fight against one of the most substantial groundwater l...

Blue Community Ambassador Erin O’Donnell writes from Australia: The Birrarung is a living entity, flowing through the heart of Melbourne. Can we re-imagine our relationship with this river over ...

Two days ago, we reported in the Blue News about the Water Grab in Australia’s Northern Territories (see ABC’s Four Corners here). Now, a ministerial brief obtained under Freedom of Inform...