Hosting the first-ever Basin Plan Leadership Summit in April and launching the Early Insights Paper in June are only 2 of the highlights from our latest 6-monthly progress update.
We have also been out on Country resetting our relationships with First Nations people, and we have progressed our approach for reviewing sustainable diversion limits.
Watch the video below from our Chief Executive Andrew McConville for his thoughts on our progress from January to June 2024.
Progress updates are part of our transparent approach to the Basin Plan Review to show what we have been working on, what’s coming up and how we are tracking against key milestones.
While 2026 sounds like a while away, there is much more to do between now and then to ensure we can deliver the best Review possible. This includes:
a range of consultation and engagement activities including with Basin governments, communities, First Nations, non-government organisations and peak groups, and all Australians
science, research, and gathering and interpreting a range of knowledge and evidence
policy development.
Chief Executive Andrew McConville says our science programs are pushing forward to ensure we have the best available evidence to support our decision-making as part of the Review.
With an investment of almost $100 million into science in the Basin, collectively that body of work will be one of the most comprehensive and intricate Basin scale assessments ever undertaken about water resources.
– Andrew McConville, Chief Executive Officer Murray–Darling Basin Authority
“It will encompass the social, economic and environmental condition of the Basin.”
“We will also continue to work really hard to be in community and hear from people from cities, from farms, from Country and the environment, to better understand and appreciate the challenges they face, and the aspirations they hold.”
The next progress update for the Basin Plan Review is due out in early 2025.