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Indigenous water reserves in Australia: 2022 policy brief, version 1.0
Kat Taylor, Anne Poelina, William Nikolakis, Libby Larsen, and R. Quentin Grafton EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Indigenous/Aboriginal water reserves are increasingly used in water allocation plans across northern Australia. Indigenous water reserves aim to address water...
Become a Water Warrior
What is water justice? Water justice is a fluid concept, with numerous disciplinary interpretations and frameworks. Neal et al. Propose 10 steps to water justice. Colonisation impacts on Indigenous peoples’ water rights in northern America, Australia, and other places...
Measuring the gaps in drinking water quality and policy across regional and remote Australia
Paul R. Wyrwoll, Ana Manero, Katherine S. Taylor, Evie Rose & R. Quentin Grafton Abstract Drinking water quality remains a persistent challenge across regional and remote Australia. We reviewed public reporting by 177 utilities and conducted a national assessment...
Remote Australians lack access to quality drinking water
View this media release from The Australian National University New research into the impact of poor water quality in remote and regional areas of Australia highlights the gaps in drinking water guidelines. Australians in more than 400 remote or regional...
Joint Submission on proposed amendments to the Water Sharing Plan for the Barwon-Darling Unregulated River Water Source 2012
R. Quentin Grafton, Daniel Schulz, John Williams, Paul Wyrwoll
Martuwarra (Fitzroy River) Values and Valuation – Knowledge, Gaps, and Needs
Dr Kaely Woods Visiting Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University This report, undertaken to inform the Water Justice Hub (WJH) at the Australian National University (ANU) and the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council (MFRC),...
Water Justice Hub Newsletter Vol 6
WJH interviews – Art, Voice & Justice Exhibition: ‘Aquawhen II?’
The Art, Voice & Justice Exhibition: ‘Aquawhen II?‘ was organised from 22 March to 25 March 2022. The purpose of the exhibition was to showcase the ‘voice’, art and the lived experience of the people living in far western New South Wales in 2019. The exhibition...
Exhibition about telling ‘water stories’
The experiences of Country and the people of the Barka-Lower Darling River are the focus of a unique art, voice and justice exhibition launched on World Water Day
Art, Voice & Justice Exhibition: ‘Aquawhen II?’
The Water Justice Hub was formally established on 14 October 2019 as an initiative of the UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance at the Australian National University. The Hub is supported by a five-year Australian Research Council Laureate...