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The wild effects Kurt Wilkinson has created in his Adelaide Hills garden are entirely singular

Train stations and car parks: The gardens proving beauty can be found anywhere

After decades of photographing the world’s best gardens, Claire Takacs is looking for inspiration in unexpected places.

  • Megan Backhouse

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Three wet seasons have led to record inflows into the southern Murray Darling Basin.

Plibersek swamps Victoria on Murray Darling water buybacks

The federal government will push ahead with unpopular water buybacks from farmers despite Victoria opposing the move in a bid to complete the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

  • Mike Foley
Water Minister Tanya Plibersek faces opposition to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan when she meets state ministers on February 24.

Murray-Darling $13b rescue indefinitely delayed: Plibersek warns states to act now

The environment minister said the plan would not meet its July 2024 plan to restore the basin as she warned of looming environmental disaster.

  • Mike Foley
The White family fear for their future if a silver, zinc and lead mine is approved.

‘Would you come here for a weekend? Would you bring your kids?’ Fears lead mine will damage tourism

The prospect of a lead mine 30 kilometres outside Mudgee has frightened parents, farmers and winegrowers in the regional hotspot.

  • Catherine Naylor
Royal Sydney Golf Club has planned a $17.5 million redevelopment which will now begin in 2024.

Opponents lament tree ‘massacre’ after Sydney’s ritziest golf club reno approved

Woollahra Council said it had garnered an additional 300 trees for the site in amended plans rubber-stamped in court on Thursday.

  • Michael Koziol
Tanya Plibersek says water buybacks remain on the government agenda, arguing they will help communities in future droughts.

Water buybacks remain on agenda to protect Murray-Darling Basin: Plibersek

The water minister took a swipe at the Nationals for allowing irrigators to sell their water rights to international buyers, but not the government for Australia’s environmental benefit.

  • Shane Wright
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Water Minister Tanya Plibersek and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

NSW, Victoria threatening Labor’s Murray-Darling election promise

Water Minister Tanya Plibersek will be forced into a clash with state ministers this week as NSW and Victoria threaten to derail a key Labor election promise.

  • Mike Foley
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CSIRO Bradfield Scheme Assessment.

Water scheme beloved by the Nationals would pump $20 billion down the drain

A costing of John Bradfield’s nation-building vision to irrigate Australia’s interior shows the scheme can’t turn a profit even if farmers get water for free.

  • Mike Foley
Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek.

$1.8 billion plan to help save Murray Darling river system set to fail

A report predicts rule changes championed by the Nationals spell failure for an environmental initiative the Albanese government promised to deliver.

  • Mike Foley

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