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Birds are back, crops are growing – but is the Murray Darling Basin plan working?

It is 10 years since the $13bn scheme was launched to restore the 1,500km system, and with it comes intensive debate about whether it is on track

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SA braces for new floods emergency

South Australia has declared a major emergency in response to rising water levels down the Murray which will flood thousands of properties.

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Native fish suffocating as parts of Murray-Darling Basin turn toxic from unprecedented floodwaters

The unprecedented floodwaters have led to the highest water flows in years across the Murray-Darling basin, yet native fish are dying — and the situation is expected to worsen.

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Murray River flood fears increase in SA

The latest forecast has once again raised the expected volume of water flow down the Murray in SA, increasing the number of properties likely to be flooded.

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‘They’re coming back’: huge flows set to restore life to parched end of Murray-Darling system

La Niña rains have caused terrible flooding upriver, but South Australia is anticipating a much-needed ‘reset’ for stressed environmental systems

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Power cuts for SA river residents

SA Power Networks says it has already started cutting power to Murray River properties as floodwaters

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Murray flooding in SA set to get worse

The South Australian government says the latest forecast for water flows down the Murray River will add to local flooding.

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Murray River flooding forces partial evacuation of Goodnight, as Tooleybuc residents on alert

Tiny communities along the Murray River are preparing for the worst, as rising water levels threaten homes and farmland — with some areas already evacuated.

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‘Smells like sewage’: blackwater from Victorian floods causes mass fish deaths

‘We’re measuring for E. coli,’ says state’s chief environmental scientist who advises: ‘Stay out of the water’

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Victoria's flood disaster continues to unfold as Murray River floodwater moves west, affecting Echuca, Swan Hill and Koondrook

Border communities are continuing to brace themselves as Victoria's flood emergency continues to impact the state's north, with more evacuation warnings issued over the weekend.

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Floodwaters are killing Murray River fish

Conservationists are saving native Murray River fish gasping for air as recent muddy floodwaters make their aquatic environment uninhabitable.

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River Murray flows into SA could now peak at 150 gigalitres per day if flooding continues

Higher River Murray flows into South Australia are now expected to last well into January, prompting warnings to shack owners to begin sandbagging, and to summer holiday revellers about increased water risks.

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Flood emergency 'far from over', Victorian SES warns, as swollen Murray River rattles border communities

Record rainfall which fell across Victoria in October continues to pose a flood risk, with dams at capacity and authorities warning residents in the north of the state to remain on high alert.

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Power cuts to hit SA Riverland

South Australian Riverland properties will be hit with power cuts as floodwaters continue to surge down the Murray River.

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Murray crayfish in NSW ‘walk out of the river’ as flooding sucks oxygen from water

Operation under way to rescue aquatic animals in danger of suffocating after record rainfall produces ‘hypoxic blackwater’

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SA braces for even higher Murray flows

Authorities have increased the forecast for water flows down the Murray from the continued rain and flooding in Victoria and NSW.

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Riverland hospital reviewing flood plans amid urgent works on damaged levee banks

Works on repairing a system of damaged levee banks in Renmark are continuing, as a local hospital prepares for increasing flows from the Murray River.

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SA's River Murray towns expected to be spared from flooding seen in Vic thanks to geographical 'luxuries'

River Murray flows coming across the SA border from Victoria are steadily increasing, but water levels are not expected to cause "major damages".

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What lessons can we learn from the 1956 Murray-Darling River floods?

The devastating 1956 floods were a once-in-a-hundred-year event. Across the Murray and Darling Rivers, it took three months for the floodwaters to recede. In that time, communities were reliant on row boats to transport goods and stay connected. Can history be repeated?

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Authorities warn of fish kills, blackwater, blue-green algae due to widespread flooding across Murray-Darling Basin

Environmental agencies are warning there could be widespread water quality issues across the Murray-Darling Basin over coming weeks due to widespread flooding.

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Excessive water extractions, not climate change, are most to blame for the Darling River drying

You may recall when, at the height of summer in 2019, more than a million fish floated to the surface of the Darling River’s Menindee Lakes. Iconic Murray cod and silver perch were among the dead.

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Victorian floodwater peaks at isolated Kerang while Murray River continues rise at Echuca

The Loddon River peaks at Kerang but is expected to remain at major levels for days, while the Murray River continues to creep higher at communities around Echuca.

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Murray At Highest Level In More Than 100 Years At Echuca As East Coast Preps For More Floods

Meanwhile Lismore & Northern NSW is set for major flooding.

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Why has it been so hard to predict the Murray River's flood peak in Echuca and Moama?

Over the past week, the forecast peaks of the raging rivers at several towns have been revised and updated a number of times, in some cases removing or adding whole days to the timeline. Here's why authorities are finding it hard to predict.

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