The Water Amendment (Restoring our Rivers) Bill 2023 commenced on 7 December 2023, and extended the deadline for SDLAM project delivery to 31 December 2026. It also allows for new SDLAM projects to be notified to 30 June 2025, and existing projects to be amended or withdrawn to 30 June 2026. Previous legislative settings required projects to be in place by 30 June 2024.
Annual reporting of sustainable diversion limit adjustment mechanism program implementation focuses on assessing whether projects will be operable, and if they’re on track to deliver the anticipated environmental outcomes.
Independent assurance report – Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment Mechanism
The MDBA has previously prepared five SDLAM annual reports, including three assurance reports, the last of these were published in July 2023.
In 2024, an Independent Assessment of SDLAM projects was undertaken on behalf of the Australia Government. It is a comprehensive review of the progress of all current SDLAM projects up to June 2024. This report can be found on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s website.
This report represents the most up to date information on project progress and likely completion at this point in time. The MDBA remains committed to providing transparency on project progress and will produce an assurance report in 2025.
| Annual progress reports - Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment Mechanism | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publication title | Published | File type | File size | |
| 2023 Annual assurance report – sustainable diversion limit adjustment mechanism | 25 Jul 2023 |
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1.23 MB | |
| 2022 Annual assurance report – sustainable diversion limit adjustment mechanism | 17 Nov 2022 |
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1.24 MB | |
| 2021 Annual assurance report – sustainable diversion limit adjustment mechanism | 01 Dec 2021 |
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1.76 MB | |
| 2020 Annual progress report – sustainable diversion limit adjustment mechanism | 22 Sep 2020 |
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775.52 KB | |
| 2019 Annual progress report – sustainable diversion limit adjustment mechanism | 22 Sep 2020 |
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708.79 KB | |
Published date: 1 July 2024