What’s Going On With The Murray Darling Basin
First there were dead fish and towns running out of water, then #Watergate and now Four Corners have done an investigation into the Murray Darling Basin — again.
Big picture…what’s going on?
Host: Rod Campbell, research director at The Australia Institute // @R_o_d_C
Contributors: Maryanne Slattery, senior water researcher at the Australia Institute // @MaryanneSlatte1
Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey
Title Track: Jonathan McFeat pulseandthrum.com Find us on Twitter @theausinstitute // Facebook.
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