For the fifth successive year, South Australian River Murray water users will start the 2025-26 water year with 100 per cent of their allocation.

The 2025-26 State Budget includes $159.1 million in new measures that will help protect the state’s environment, including saving an important wildlife hospital, maintaining the health of the River Murray and expanding a National Park at the centre of a World Heritage bid.

Testing of water in the Coorong North Lagoon has confirmed the presence of the Karenia strain of algae, which has affected parts of South Australia’s coastline.

An increase in registered water carters and a decline in people collecting water from temporary water collection points have resulted in a decision to close the remaining site at Woodside.

A comprehensive assessment of environmental outcomes in South Australia under the Murray Darling Basin Plan shows environmental water is having a positive impact on ecosystems, biodiversity and habitat quality.

Construction works to improve water management and restore wetland habitat are progressing at Tolderol Game Reserve.

Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is starting to fill up for just the fourth time in the past 160 years, creating one of our country’s rarest ecological and tourism events.

An increase in registered water carters has improved access to domestic water deliveries in the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Peninsula, easing pressure on off-grid residents whose homes are not connected to mains supply.

Over the past few weeks, Western Queensland has experienced substantial rainfall and flooding as a result of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred. The floodwaters are making their way across two significant water catchments - the Murray-Darling Basin and the Lake Eyre Basin.

May’s National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Park of the Month is the Murraylands. With close to 30 parks in the region, you could spend every day of May in a different park and only scrape the surface of what there is to see and do.