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The Basin Plan requires the Murray–Darling Basin Authority to conduct an assessment of Monitoring, Evaluation Reporting (MER) relevant to Chapter 13 of the Basin Plan.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority met on 10 and 11 September 2019 in Canberra against the backdrop of worsening drought in the Basin, with the Bureau of Meteorology advising that winter this year had been the driest since 1982 and the fourth driest on record. These conditions are reflected in extremely low storage levels in the northern Basin and low inflows continuing in the southern Basin.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) contracted an independent panel to review its sustainable diversion limit (SDL) accounting framework. The panel, consisting of Mr Graeme Turner (Chair), Mr Tom Vanderbyl (Badu Consulting P/L) and Dr Saideepa Kumar (University of Tasmania) submitted its report to the MDBA in June 2019.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority met on 13-14 August 2019 in Dubbo, New South Wales.

The MDBA manages the works that are undertaken across the Basin through the Joint Program which is funded primarily by the Commonwealth, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia (“Original parties” to the River Murray Water Agreement 1914).

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority’s (MDBA) position statement on floodplain harvesting outlines the expectations of the MDBA and how this water use occurs.

At its meeting on 2–3 April 2019 in Canberra, the Murray–Darling Basin Authority reinforced its commitment to collaboration on the Basin Plan.

The MDBA has published the latest quarterly report on water resource plan (WRP) progress, highlighting significant challenges in ensuring all WRPs are in place and meet the exacting requirements of the Basin Plan by the 1 July 2019 deadline.

The Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council met in Melbourne today to progress important elements of Murray–Darling Basin Plan implementation.

The MDBA has today released a report card highlighting six areas of high importance for successful implementation of the Murray–Darling Basin Plan.