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4 October 2022

Restoring abandoned agricultural land in the Murray-Darling Basin

A Griffith study has found the amount of diverse seeds stored in abandoned land in the Murray-Darling Basin and essential paddock trees, make the region highly resilient to agriculture.

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15 October 2020

Study to enhance understanding of Murray-Darling Basin water cultures

Improved understanding of the social and cultural attitudes to water in the Murray-Darling Basin is the focus of a new ARC Special Research Initiatives grant.

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28 November 2019
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28 November 2011

Murray-Darling Basin future "still uncertain"

This is according to Professor Jon Olley, deputy director of Griffith University’s Australian Rivers Institute following today’s long-awaited release of...

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16 January 2019
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29 January 2024
Wivenhoe Dam at sunset

Is the Wivenhoe Dam really the guardian of the River City?

In the aftermath of recent cyclones, South-east Queensland residents should remain alert - especially the catchments downstream of Wivenhoe Dam says Griffith University’s Dr Margaret Cook.

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15 December 2021
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9 June 2021
Cotter Dam

Can Australia be drought-proofed?

Water is critical to life and jobs, and large infrastructure projects tend to sway voters at the polling booth. Paired together, it’s easy to understand why the New Bradfield Scheme remains an issue for Queensland and Australia.

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3 June 2021
After the Pandemic

In Conversation with Professor Nigel McMillan, Dr Rebecca Huntley and Mik Auckland

After the Pandemic: Imagining the Future Our response to coronavirus will shape Australia for decades to come. It has been...

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31 May 2021
Bruce Pascoe

In Conversation with Professor Bruce Pascoe​

In this conversation, renowned journalist Kerry O’Brien and celebrated Indigenous author Professor Bruce Pascoe explored the way Bruce’s critically acclaimed book Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the birth of Agriculture challenges conventional thinking about the First Australians as hunter gatherers.

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