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The Sustainable Diversion Limit (SDL) Accounting and Reporting Framework 2025 summarises the key accounting concepts and outlines the roles and responsibilities in assessment of SDL compliance.

Lake Victoria (Tar-Ru) is a naturally occurring shallow freshwater lake approximately 60 kilometres downstream of the Murray–Darling Junction in south–western New South Wales, close to the South Australian and Victorian borders.

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

One of the primary objectives of the Murray–Darling Basin Plan is to ensure the water resources of the Basin are shared between all water users in a sustainable way; striking a balance and maintaining a healthy and productive system to sustainably support industries, the environment and communities.

Sustainable diversion limits are how much water, on average, can be used in the Basin by towns and communities, farmers and industries.

You can now get all your water information from the one place.

The Basin Plan aims to strike a balance between access to water for Basin communities, while also providing water for the environment, for the benefit of all Australians.

The Basin Plan introduced a new water accounting and compliance framework based on sustainable diversion limits (SDL) that began on 1 July 2019.

Our submissions to Commissions of Inquiry, Senate Committees and the Productivity Commission.

On 20 June 2001, the Senate agreed to an Order requiring each Minister to table a letter advising that a list of contracts, in respect of each entity administered by that Minister, has been placed on the internet, with access to the list available through the entity’s website. The letter must be tabled no later than 2 calendar months after the last day of the financial and calendar year.