Water expert predicts rice shortage after door shut on imports

Water expert predicts rice shortage after door shut on imports

Australia risks a shortage of rice and other staples during the coronavirus pandemic unless Southern Murray urgently receive water allocations.

  • byGareth Harvey

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Neville demands rethink to Murray-Darling flooding plan
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Neville demands rethink to Murray-Darling flooding plan

Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville will use a new review that warns a key element of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan has a"high chance of failure"to demand a rethink of a plan which will see some areas of Victoria intentionally flooded.

  • bySamantha Hutchinson andAlexandra Smith
Chris Corrigan and ABC trade barbs in stoush over Murray Darling report

Chris Corrigan and ABC trade barbs in stoush over Murray Darling report

A stoush involving leading Chris Corrigan and the public broadcaster has erupted following a Four Corners report on the Murray-Darling basin plan

  • byNick Bonyhady
'All hell broke loose':The strange story behind Joyce,Taylor and #Watergate
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'All hell broke loose':The strange story behind Joyce,Taylor and #Watergate

One woman took extraordinary lengths to get information to the public anonymously.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Water buyback criticism'a joke',says company at centre of scandal

Water buyback criticism'a joke',says company at centre of scandal

The head of a company embroiled in a maligned $79 million water purchase has defended the deal and described questions over the conduct of government MPs as “a joke”.

  • byNicole Hasham
Blue Sky accuses former execs over alleged data raid

Blue Sky accuses former execs over alleged data raid

In its emergency court action,Blue Sky has revealed that it rejected a management buyout offer and a request from a US investor to stop acting as trustee.

  • bySarah Danckert
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Queensland rubbishes Barnaby Joyce defence over water buybacks,as government announces audit

Queensland rubbishes Barnaby Joyce defence over water buybacks,as government announces audit

A Queensland government minister says a deal he proposed was vastly different and would have delivered twice as much water as that signed by then cabinet minister Barnaby Joyce.

  • byNicole Hasham
Labor calls for major inquiry into water scandal and accuses Scott Morrison of a'cover up'

Labor calls for major inquiry into water scandal and accuses Scott Morrison of a'cover up'

Cabinet ministers could be put on the stand in a major judicial inquiry to be proposed by Labor leader Bill Shorten on Wednesday.

  • byNicole Hasham andMichael Koziol
What are water buybacks and how did we get here?

What are water buybacks and how did we get here?

Why should we care about water and how might the issue affect the federal election result?

  • byNicole Hasham
'Not my job':Barnaby Joyce angrily rejects criticism over controversial water buyback

'Not my job':Barnaby Joyce angrily rejects criticism over controversial water buyback

Two senior government figures have been drawn into controversy surrounding the deal,which has thrust water management to the fore of the federal election campaign.

  • byNicole Hasham
'We're exciting':Barnaby Joyce opts for sensation in spectacular interview

'We're exciting':Barnaby Joyce opts for sensation in spectacular interview

In a marathon radio interview,the former water minister lit up the airwaves with cornflake idioms,mixed metaphors and obfuscation.

  • byMichael Koziol