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The Murray–Darling Basin Authority met in Canberra on 25-26 November 2020. All members were present, and the meeting was chaired by Sir Angus Houston.

The Groundwater methods report details the history and technical detail behind the methods and assessments used to determine both the groundwater sustainable diversion limits and the baseline diversion limits under the Basin Plan.

Meetings of the Murray–Darling Basin Authority were held on 12, 19 and 20 October 2020. All members were present. The meetings were chaired by Sir Angus Houston.

Sir Angus Houston, Chair Murray–Darling Basin Authority.

A meeting of the Murray–Darling Basin Authority was held on 2-3 September 2020 by video teleconference. All members were present. The meeting was chaired by Sir Angus Houston.

As the Murray–Darling Basin Authority met for the last time this financial year, we took stock of the extraordinary battering communities in the Basin have endured over the past twelve months, with prolonged drought, bushfires over summer and now a major pandemic. Like farmers, communities and First Nations people, we are hopeful the Bureau's outlook for a wetter winter and spring is realised and conditions will improve.

The six-monthly 'health check' released by the MDBA today shows progress to implement the Murray–Darling Basin Plan has kept pace, with more action needed in the future to deliver important on–ground projects.

As COVID-19 challenges our way of working and communicating, the Murray–Darling Basin Authority remains committed to serving Basin communities and the nation with as little disruption as possible in the coming weeks and months. Implementing the Basin Plan and managing the River Murray on behalf of Basin governments continues to be our priority.

This report provides an update on how governments and communities have been working together to implement the Basin Plan.

The Basin-wide environmental watering strategy, first published in 2014 and updated in 2019, builds on the environmental objectives in the Basin Plan.