Victorians brace for renewed flooding Victoria is set to be pummelled with more rain this week after thousands of residents were already forced to flee their homes due to unprecedented floods. AAP · Oct 17, 2022
Victorian floods displace thousands, residents in Echuca brace for second river peak Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews says more than 11,000 people have applied for emergency flood relief payments, giving authorities an idea of the number of people affected by the crisis. Flood conditions in Shepparton have stabilised, but residents in Echuca will face another peak in 48 hours. ABC News · Oct 16, 2022
Strawberry Fields Has Been Cancelled Next Month ‘Cos Of Wild Flooding Along The Murray River Can the live music industry catch a fkn break? Pedestrian.tv · Sep 28, 2022
Friday essay: the koala – when it's smart to be slow The koala was clinging to an old tree stag while stranded in the Murray River, on the border between New South Wales and Victoria. A team of students from La Trobe University noticed its predicament as they were paddling by in canoes. The Conversation · Sep 15, 2022
Murray River business owners worry flood warning could dry up summer trading Tourists are being urged to continue to visit river communities, despite a flood advice message, to support the towns which rely on peak summer season support. ABC News · Aug 30, 2022
River red gums record the history and health of the Murray River system. And they're suffering Faced with declining water conditions and devastating drought, river red gums have suffered along some parts of the Murray River. But watering programs are bringing Country back to life. ABC News · Aug 26, 2022
SA appoints advocate for Murray River South Australia has appointed a commissioner for the Murray River as part of efforts to ensure the future health of the system. AAP · Aug 23, 2022
Murray Darling Basin Authority ponders how to fix sand build-up blocking river flow A narrow section of the Murray River has seen its water flow capacity reduced by thousands of megalitres since the 1980s due to a build-up of sand. The Murray Darling Basin Authority are working on a solution, but none will come easily. ABC News · Aug 16, 2022
Body of missing man Joseph McCrann found in Murray River near Mildura The body of 94-year-old Joseph McCrann who went missing last month has been found in the Murray River. ABC News · Jul 29, 2022
Endangered, culturally significant southern pygmy perch back from the brink in Murray River Land and water stakeholders are overjoyed to find the threatened southern pygmy perch returning to the Murray River in record numbers. ABC News · Jul 26, 2022
NSW Coroner hands down findings after inquest into five-year-old's death at hands of mother The Supreme Court found the boy's mother not guilty of murder on mental health grounds in 2018. The child was drowned in the Murray River at Moama the year before. ABC News · Jul 15, 2022
Inquest findings into child drowned by mum A coroner has made 17 recommendations following the drowning death of a five-year-old boy in the Murray River due to acts by his mentally ill mother. AAP · Jul 15, 2022
Murray River paddle steamer PS Canally makes first voyage in 81 years The PS Canally was merely a skeleton when she was saved from the bottom of the Murray River, but after 12 years of hard work from volunteers, she's back where she belongs. ABC News · Jun 28, 2022
SA irrigators get full water allocations The South Australian government says irrigators along the Murray River will get their full water allocations from July. AAP · Jun 15, 2022
ABC News · Jun 13, 2022 SA Murray River shack owners brace for flooding as water flow increases from La Niña events Murray River shack owners have started to prepare for flooding as river flows increase and dams hit capacity. But the clouds have come with a silver lining for the local avifauna.
ABC News · Jun 12, 2022 Historic Murray River paddle steamer Pride of the Murray moves to Longreach After an epic 2300-kilometre journey from country Victoria, an historic paddle wheeler is taking on a new life in outback Queensland.
AAP · Jun 9, 2022 Drone flew drugs over border in pandemic A woman has been sentenced after a drone flew the drug ice over the Murray River to evade roads controlled by NSW police due to COVID-related border closures.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 7, 2022 ‘Dropping dead out of trees’: more than 100 corellas in apparent mass poisoning in northern Victoria State wildlife watchdog investigating to determine if cause of death a result of human action
ABC News · Jun 2, 2022 Jet ski driver Daniel Patrick Liddell jailed over River Murray crash that killed boy A man who killed a boy on the River Murray when he crashed into him with a jet ski has been jailed for at least two years.
ABC News · May 26, 2022 Honouring Aboriginal history and mourning an atrocity at the Mount Dispersion massacre site Elders are working to memorialise a site at Mount Dispersion where at least seven Aboriginal people were killed 186 years ago as they tried to flee across the Murray River.
ABC News · May 18, 2022 Jet ski rider who killed boy at Blanchetown 'immeasurably sorry' for incident The man charged with riding a jet ski that hit and killed a teenage boy on the Murray River last year gives a tearful apology in a South Australian court. The prosecutor said he did not know whether the family would accept the apology.
ABC News · Apr 20, 2022 David Speirs stands by water record despite Murray-Darling Basin criticisms South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs says past criticism of his Murray-Darling Basin dealings will not affect his vote in areas that rely on a healthy Murray River.
ABC News · Mar 25, 2022 Japanese encephalitis virus detected in South Australia along the Murray River Cases of Japanese encephalitis virus have been detected in three additional piggeries in South Australia, taking the total number of affected piggeries in the state to four.