In this episode of Water’s Edge: if 2023 was a year of climate opposites, then what’s ahead for 2024 and what does it mean for the Murray-Darling Basin?

Get the answers from this episode’s guest, Professor Albert Van Dijk from the Australian National University, who led the 2023 Australia’s Environment Report.

Plus, the Inspector-General of Water Compliance Troy Grant takes the report off the page and into the Murray-Darling Basin.

And hear from Narromine grower Tim Gainsford as a one of the people putting this into practice in the Basin.

Got a question you’d like answered in Water’s edge? Email it to us at contact@igwc.gov.au, with the subject line ‘Water’s Edge podcast’.

Water’s Edge is produced by the independent Inspector-General of Water Compliance.

Reports:

2023 Australia’s Environment Report: ausenv.tern.org.au/aer.html

Global Water Monitor 2023 Summary Report: globalwater.online/globalwater/report.html

According to the IGWC’s Annual Community sentiment survey, only 15% of people know that the ACT is actually a part of the Murray-Darling Basin. While the ACT makes up  a small portion of the Basin compared to other states, it still brings significant economic and environmental benefits to the Basin. In this final episode of season 2 of Water’s Edge, we chat to Dr Su Wild-River. Su is the ACT’s delegate on the Regulatory Leaders Forum, and from the ACT Environmental Protection Authority.

Visit our website igwc.gov.au for more information. 

77% of the general population doesn't know whether they live in the Murray-Darling Basin, despite it being the country's largest area of agricultural production - the food bowl producing a third of our food supply. 

Join us for this episode of Water's Edge, as we learn more fun facts about how people in the Basin feel about water management through the Inspector-General of Water Compliance's annual community sentiment survey. 

Episode guests are Deputy Inspector-General of Capability Bridgett Leopold and Assistant Director of Intelligence and Engagement Rachel McNamara. 

Read about the Steady as it Flows report: Steady as it flows – An assessment of River Murray operations and environmental water management (PDF 4.90 MB)

Read our annual community sentiment survey: https://www.igwc.gov.au/publications/annual-survey