Water Watch Radio
Water Watch Radio
Water Watch is a weekly deep dive into news and current events from policy, ecology, art and climate. With a diversity of voices from our river communities as well as experts in the field, Water Watch celebrates the life and culture of Australia’s waterways, investigates the big issues facing the future of our rivers, and tells important stories about the human connection to land and water. Water …Social links:
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Summer Series #4 NSW Connectivity with Amy Dula
As the new year rolls in, this week we listen back on a conversation with Amy Dula, the chair of the NSW Connectivity Expert Panel, which handed down its final report in July 2024. The NSW Water Minister Rose Jackson established the Panel in response to a recommendation from the NSW Chief Scientist…
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Summer Series #3 Birds of the Menindee Lakes
This week listen back on a wholesome conversation between Dan and Menindee bird water Geoff Looney from a live event to launch his new book "Birds of the Menindee Lakes Area, compiled by Geoff Looney" Geoff has been photographing and bird watching in and around Menindee for 30 years and his new b…
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Summer Series #2 Blood Red Moon
This week we listen back on a spacial interview with two incredible musicians and water activists Nancy Bates and Aimee Volkovksy who have collaborated on a beautiful new song Blood Red Moon. Barkiindji/Wilyakali song writer Nancy Bates is a highly accomplished musician who has toured internation…
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Summer Series #1 Why is Menindee so important?
Water Watch kicks off our summer break with our favourite programs of 2024! This week we travel back to March 2024, against the back drop of small, distributed fish deaths and terrible water quality that hung around for 12 months following the 2023 mass fish deaths, we talk inflows with long term …
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Episode 87: Sold Down The River with Scott Hamilton
Australia's water market is heralded as the best in the world, but it’s often a sore point for people who work the land, driving up costs and uncertainty when water is scarce. It’s the invisible hand, designed to move our precious blue gold, it’s highest and most productive use. But decades on …
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***Bonus EXTENDED Interview with Uncle Badger Bates***
This week we’re excited to share a special interview we’ve been working on for a while with one of the country’s renowned artists and water activists. Born on the banks of the Baaka river in 1947, Uncle Badger Bates is a proud Barkindji man and an inspiration to both artists and water activists al…
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Episode 86: Uncle Badger Bates
This week we’re excited to share a special interview we’ve been working on for a while with one of the country’s renowned artists and water activists. Born on the banks of the Baaka river in 1947, Uncle Badger Bates is a proud Barkindji man and an inspiration to both artists and water activists al…
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***Bonus EXTENDED The Wonderful World of Eels***
This week we are traversing from the depths of the world's oceans to the mud and silt of freshwater rivers and lakes, ponds, dams and backwaters of the world. This episode we're talking about the extraordinary lives of eels. Few people know about the vast journey that every eel makes from the bot…
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Episode 85: The Wonderful World of Eels
This week we are traversing from the depths of the world's oceans to the mud and silt of freshwater rivers and lakes, ponds, dams and backwaters of the world. This episode we're talking about the extraordinary lives of eels. Few people know about the vast journey that every eel makes from the bot…
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Episode 84: Nyah goes to court
This week, we’re heading back to the mid Murray River, where a small community group has been caring for their local forest for decades. Friends of Nyah Vinifera Park are embarking upon a legal challenge in the Federal Court over the Federal Government's decision to approve the Nyah SDLAM or “flo…
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