What’s Going On With The Murray Darling Basin

featuring Ebony Bennett, Rod Campbell and Maryanne Slattery

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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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Australia Institute research: https://www.tai.org.au/content/murray-darling

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