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Hear from Regional Engagement Officer (REO) Shona Whitfield on how the Queensland flood waters journeyed through her patch of the Basin.

Researchers have discovered near-extinct Darling River snails living in the wild.

Early work is underway to design a replacement for the Mildura Weir — an essential piece of infrastructure that has supported water delivery, navigation and recreation in the region for nearly a century.

The research focused on improving understanding of low flow requirements of environmental assets and values in a climate change context and developing a conservation prioritisation method to identify priority locations for future management decisions.

Hear from Regional Engagement Officer (REO) Peter Thomas on the conversations, opportunities, and new connections from two of the Basin’s largest catchments.

Water agencies are working closely to manage water quality in the Menindee Lakes and the lower Darling-Baaka in far west New South Wales (NSW) over summer to ensure local communities, agriculture, and the environment get the water they need, when they need it.

A fogbow just north of the Basin town of Tuena, New South Wales features in the Bureau of Meterology’s 2025 weather calendar.

Last month, Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) Chief Executive Andrew McConville, Regional Engagement Officer Peter Thomas, and Authority members Susan Madden and Stuart Bunn led the third MDBA tour of 2024.

Each month we sit down and have a chat with one of our 6 Regional Engagement Officers (REOs) across the Basin. This month we caught up with Peter Thomas, the representative of the Lachlan and Macquarie–Castlereagh catchments.

History has never forgotten Wentworth in southwestern New South Wales (NSW). Now locals are working to preserve some of that history.