How the myth of 'aqua nullius' still guides Australia's approach to groundwater

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Indigenous people have coexisted with Australia's vast and ancient groundwater systems for thousands of generations. Their knowledge extends back through deep time, before our current climate and waterways. It offers insights that Western science is only beginning to quantify.

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