Carmody, Grafton & Moggridge: Lessons from the Murray-Darling Basin

In this edition of Water Chat, Dr. Dustin Garrick interviews three leading experts and voices on water governance in Australia. Mr Bradley Moggridge, Dr Emma Carmody and Professor Quentin Grafton bring perspectives from hydrogeology & Indigenous water knowledge, environmental law and water economics respectively.  Together they share lessons from the Murray-Darling Basin for international observers to understand a basin at the cross roads. Interview Q&A What is the nature of the water challenges within Australia and in the Murray-Darling Basin region in particular? 1:09 Give us each of your perspective on whether the Water Act 2007 went far enough in terms of defining and articulating the important values around water within the Murray-Darling? 10:00 How has the water market worked in theory and practice and how has your own view around the water market shifted over the course of the reforms? 25:37 Emma, what are the implementation failures and what is the challenge here? 31:34 Bradley, how is traditional knowledge and science factored in the process? 33:51 Who has power, authority and water? 46:05 What is your priority for addressing these challenges? 50:59 What is the single most important misconception about Australia’s water reform? 56:00 For more go to http://www.globalwaterforum.org/ Twitter @GWFWater