Australian Red Cross is scaling up a flexible disaster response model across the Asia-Pacific, enabling faster, locally led action to protect water security and public health during extreme weather events.
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What the Government’s PFAS response means for drinking water
The Australian Government has outlined its response to the Select Committee on PFAS interim report, signalling a stronger, more coordinated approach to managing contamination risks that directly affect
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Clean drinking water security restored in Woorabinda
Clean drinking water has been restored in Woorabinda following the completion of urgent works at the community’s existing water treatment plant, allowing an 11-month boil water advisory to be lifted.
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Is purified recycled water ready for national policy alignment?
Australia’s conversation about purified recycled water is shifting. Once seen as a drought response, it is now emerging as a core component of long-term supply security.
Yet, in a country where water
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Stronger WASH systems needed as global progress stalls
A new UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) report has found that most countries have water, sanitation and hygiene plans in place, but lack the delivery capacity
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SRW marks 2025 with drought response, reform and infrastructure
Southern Rural Water has closed out 2025 with a wide-ranging program of work spanning drought response, infrastructure investment, water reform and community safety, marking both its 30th anniversary and
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Climate Innovation Challenge shows how fast ideas can scale
The 2025 Water Minister’s Climate Innovation Challenge brought a renewed technical focus to Victoria’s water sector, with six finalist projects demonstrating how engineering solutions can drive practical
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Global water security and Australia’s partnership model
The storms arrive harder, the dry spells last longer, and cities grow faster than pipes and policies can keep up. This is the context in which global water security will rise or fall. For utilities, regulators,
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Why World Toilet Day exposes sanitation’s inclusion gap
Safe sanitation should be a universal guarantee, yet speakers at a World Toilet Day event hosted by the Sequana Group (made up of Sequana, Atlas & IPS) set out a confronting truth. Billions of people
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Victoria water utilities face growing delivery challenges, says ESC
Victoria’s water utilities are keeping pace with their customer commitments despite increasing delivery pressures and rising climate risks, according to the Essential Services Commission’s (ESC) 2024–25
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TasWater leads nation with regional water upgrade
TasWater has delivered a national first under the Federal Government’s Water Infrastructure for Sustainable and Efficient Regions (WISER) program, completing the Ellendale Water Supply Pipeline Project
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