Archived Industry News for Water Professionals
Labor says Australia should lead world efforts to resettle climate change migrants forced from their homes in the Pacific.
State workers' asbestos exposure worsens
Dozens more people were potentially exposed to asbestos during work on a Water Corporation project in WA, the State Government has said.
Up river irrigators dismayed by new allocations
Farmers that rely on Queensland's Flinders River say some regions are missing out on their fair share of water.
Water theft claims in state bereft of flows
Insiders claim some are taking water from Tasmanian river systems that they have not paid for, as local farmers face an impending drought.
Giant mine dragged back to court
Australia’s largest planned coal mine is going back to court again, this time to face what the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) calls an “historic, landmark case”.
Wave power rising off Port Fairy
The first bits of equipment for Victoria’s prototype wave power unit are in place.
Climate survey shows partisan opinions
A far-reaching CSIRO survey has found Australians views on climate change run on distinctly political lines.
Groundwater gurus push for smarter stash
The nation’s leading water scientists are pushing for the Federal Government to take underground water storage more seriously, as future threats loom.
Magnetic sweep spots underground supplies
High-tech geological studies have revealed a network of ancient river systems buried hundreds of metres beneath arid regions in Western Australia.
NT landowners want water deal washed away
Environmental groups want a series of water extraction licences in Alice Springs to be withdrawn, arguing that the use of extra flows from the Mereenie aquifer could the water supply.
BP's Bight bid delayed
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) is officially behind schedule for its assessment of BP’s plan to drill oil exploration wells in the Great Australian Bight.
Hydro Tas solid profit may be last for a while
Tasmania's Energy Minister Matthew Groom says Hydro Tasmania has defied “doom and gloom” predictions to post a big before-tax profit.
Lazarus fights to keep gas in the ground
Queensland senator Glenn Lazarus has been on an anti-CSG educational trip to the Northern Territory.
Perth firm making wave power swell
An Australian engineering firm is about to start a trial of the world's first wave energy microgrid power station.
Dry times vocalised in Broken Hill
A crossbench Senate inquiry into the Murray-Darling Basin Plan has held hearing in Broken Hill.
MDBA sees echoes of early Millenium
The drought gripping farms in Queensland and New South Wales is spreading, with Murray Darling irrigators set to feel the strain too.
Police hunt WA dam vandals
Police say vandals have caused the loss of millions of litres of water in WA, after they tampered with a dam valve in the state’s south-west.
Study spots lack of real QLD water data
Some areas of central Queensland have scored high on a new water quality report card, but that could be because they do not actually monitor water quality.
Water warning from Williamtown leaks
A hydrologist from the University of Newcastle hydrologist says toxic chemicals from the contaminated Williamtown Air Force may have leached into Newcastle’s water supply.
Wave lab looks to the clouds
Advanced equipment at a new research facility launched this week will allow scientists to better understand the relationship between the wind, ocean and sky.
Shark money spread to new measures
The New South Wales Government says it will spend $16 million on new, science-based approaches to preventing shark attacks.