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Murray-Darling Basin water theft laws suck more than river irrigation pumps
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Water is one of Australia’s most valuable commodities.
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Australia’s least wanted – 8 alien species and diseases we must keep out of our island home
This week’s landmark report on the impact of invasive alien species revealed costs to the global economy exceeded US$423 billion (A$654 billion) a year in 2019. Costs have at least quadrupled every decade since 1970 and that trend is set to continue.
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