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Basin in Brief provides a monthly summary of climate, rainfall, inflows and water quality information. This page was updated 13 April 2023.

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The Murray–Darling Basin Authority met on 28 and 29 July 2021. All members were present, and the meeting was chaired by Sir Angus Houston.

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The prolonged drought across the Basin means in the next 12 months environmental water will be used strategically to protect our wetlands, floodplains and river ecosystems from further damage,...

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The Murray–Darling Basin Authority held its first meeting for 2020 in Canberra on 11-12 February. In the wake of devastating fires, drought and flooding the Authority acknowledged the hardship...

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Updated operational planning for the Murray River has sharpened focus on the potential for dry conditions to continue through to winter 2019.

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Drought is a testing time for the environment—just as it is for farmers and regional communities.

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Opinion piece produced by MDBA's Chief Executive Phillip Glyde in 2016.