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The Barmah Choke water trade balance to start the 2024–25 water year will deliver trade opportunity for irrigators.

With the warm sunny days still upon us, this weekend is the perfect opportunity to soak up the beauty of the Murray–Darling Basin or take part in the many activities and events happening across Basin catchments and communities.

Year after year, Lake Brewster in the lower Lachlan is proving to be the most important inland nesting site for pelicans.

The discovery and rescue of a new population of endangered olive perchlet shows the benefits of organisations working together.

As the Murray–Darling Basin Authority reflects on the year that was, we acknowledge it has been a year of hard work, achievement, and dedication – helping make the river system more sustainable for generations to come.

In 2019, the MDBA undertook a detailed survey of the River Murray channel through the Barmah–Millewa Reach. This revealed the presence of a very large quantity of sand on the bed of the river, something that was not expected. Since then, several further studies have been undertaken to investigate the extent and source of the sand, the rate that it is moving at and options to manage it. Reports of these studies are provided below.

The Chowilla Floodplain was inundated in late 2022 – monitoring shows the ecosystem is now thriving.

National Threatened Species Day is commemorated each year on September 7, to raise awareness of the flora and fauna at risk of extinction in Australia.

With over 30,000 wetlands in the Murray−Darling Basin there are many major breeding or feeding sites for birds and macroinvertebrates.

Barmah–Millewa Feasibility Study wrap up from the MDBA.