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Sarah Ann Wheeler, Matthew Flinders Professor in Water Economics, Flinders University

With an El Niño looming, Australia has new laws to stop water market manipulation

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It might feel strange to talk about being able to trade water as a financial asset, in the same way as company shares or bonds. But water is big business.

Australia leads the world on the size, extent and adoption of formal water markets, especially in our largest river system, the Murray-Darling Basin.

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