How a Fight for Water is Reshaping Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, the traditional owners of the land, have been closely intertwined with nature for tens of thousands of years. But Australia’s Indigenous Peoples hold little to no water entitlements in the Murray-Darling Basin. Although they make up 9.3% of the population in the New South Wales portion of the Murray-Darling Basin, their water holdings have decreased 20% since 2009, according to a Bloomberg Green analysis in collaboration with researcher Lana Hartwig, leaving them with just 0.2% of the total. Now, the attention is on the government to take action. Bloomberg’s Kurumi Mori reports. -------- Like this video? Subscribe: Become a Quicktake Member for exclusive perks: Bloomberg Originals offers bold takes for curious minds on today’s biggest topics. Hosted by experts covering stories you haven’t seen and viewpoints you haven’t heard, you’ll discover cinematic, data-led shows that investigate the intersection of business and culture. Exploring every angle of climate change, technology, finance, sports and beyond, Bloomberg Originals is business as you’ve never seen it. Subscribe for business news, but not as you’ve known it: exclusive interviews, fascinating profiles, data-driven analysis, and the latest in tech innovation from around the world. Visit our partner channel Bloomberg Quicktake for global news and insight in an instant.