<story><title>Australia’s Darling River is running dry</title><url>https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/thirst-turns-to-anger-as-australias-mighty-river-runs-dry</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>moomin</author><text>Australia has a serious problem with water, and it would have a serious problem even without climate change. The water in the Darling, and in any river, can be extracted free of charge if your land includes the river. This produces permanent drought conditions in a country that exports oranges.&lt;p&gt;Australia has limited water resources and laws that treat it as unlimited. It will be incredibly hard to square that circle. Imagine being told your entire business is toast because Sydney has no drinking water and you’ll have some idea of how toxic it’s going to be _before_ it get politicised.</text></comment>
<story><title>Australia’s Darling River is running dry</title><url>https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/thirst-turns-to-anger-as-australias-mighty-river-runs-dry</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>PixyMisa</author><text>Here&amp;#x27;s some background information: The Darling River at Menindee (the town mentioned in the article) dried up 48 times between 1885 and 1960.</text></comment>