The 2026-27 opening water allocation for South Australian River Murray irrigators is 83 per cent.

Promising results have been recorded from bird surveys conducted at various Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin (HCHB) On-Ground Works sites, with Lake Hawdon North, Teringie Wetland Complex and Tolderol Game Reserve all seeing phenomenal results and large numbers of birds returning to the sites almost immediately after completion of their respective HCHB on-ground works projects.

Exciting wetland restoration works are now underway across 35 sites in South Australia.

The projected minimum opening water allocations for South Australian River Murray irrigators remains at 62 per cent at the start of the 2026-27 water year.

South Australian River Murray irrigators are projected to receive minimum opening water allocations of 62 per cent at the start of the 2026-27 water year.

It’s mighty and it’s magical - the Murray River National Park is April’s Park of the Month.

First operations of Bookmark Creek infrastructure constructed under the Sustaining Riverland Environments program have now commenced.

The federal and state governments are investing $6.2 million toward three new water science projects – including a nation-leading pilot – that will investigate new and innovative ways to better manage and deliver water for regional communities.

Works to improve more than 30 South Australian wetlands and restore vital habitat are underway through a joint $17 million government program.

A cattle station will be turned into a vital wetlands habitat and form part of an expanded national park, helping to protect endangered species, reduce nutrient runoff and improve environmental resilience across the Murray Mouth.