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We recently caught up with Regional Engagement Officer Richard Unsworth to chat all things Menindee and the lower Darling region. From informative conversations to fish sampling in outback New...

Basin stories

We have offices and staff scattered throughout the Basin, giving our team a front row seat to community activities and Basin operations. Check out some of the recent photos our staff have...

Basin stories

From 14 to 17 November, Authority Chair Sir Angus Houston and Executive Director River Operations, Andrew Reynolds led the final MDBA listening tour of 2023, meeting with people in the...

The Menindee Lakes water release plan has been adjusted today ahead of potentially significant rainfall now forecast across the upper Murray and north-east Victorian catchments.

News and updates

Andrew McConville, CEO, Murray–Darling Basin Authority. Speech to the Murray Darling Association Conference September 2023, Murray Bridge, South Australia.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) will call on water from the Menindee Lakes in the coming week to meet demands in the River Murray system.

The knowledge and understanding of local Taungurung people combine with emerging ecological evidence to direct future management plans.

The Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) is providing $96,000 in funding to learn more about the habitat preferences of Murray cod in the Goulburn River.

The amount of water released into the Lower Darling River from the Menindee Lakes has been reduced to 500 megalitres per day, marking the end of the water order made by the Murray–Darling...