Blog | 27th Oct, 2026

Rivers need water, not concrete

The Victorian government wants to cut down hundreds of old trees to make way for levee banks, concrete, pumps and regulators.

Murray Watt has the power to stop this.

From the blockade at Nyah-Vinifera to the River Peoples' Forum in Swan Hill, communities across the Murray-Darling Basin are challenging a shift towards engineering wetlands instead of restoring river flows.

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