Disclosure statements
Professor Hart is an emeritus Professor of Monash University. He is Director of the environmental consulting company Water Science PL, Chair of Alluvium Holdings, Alluvium Consulting Australia and the Goyder Institute for Water Research. He was a Board member of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority from 2009 to 2017, and was also member of the ecology advisory committees for the 2020 Basin Evaluation process. The views expressed in this Editorial are his own.
Rebecca Nelson is Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. Dr Nelson has received funding from the Australian Research Council, the National Native Title Council and Watertrust Australia. She is a member of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s Social and Economic Advisory Group and Advisory Committee on Social, Economic and Environmental Sciences. She is a member of the Board of Bush Heritage Australia. The views expressed in this Editorial are her own and not necessarily those of any organisation of which she is a member.
Rod Marsh is Director of Strategy and Programs at Watertrust Australia Ltd. Watertrust is an independent NGO focussed on improving water and catchment policy decision making in Australia. Watertrust is funded by a coalition of 16 philanthropies and receives no government or industry funding. The views expressed in this Editorial are his own.