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The Murray–Darling Basin Authority met on 13 June1023 in person on the lands of the First Peoples of Gomeroi Nations (Narrabri). The meeting was chaired by Sir Angus Houston with all members present.

An outstanding regional leader, Ms Rachel Kelly, has been appointed as Chair of the principal community advisory body in the Murray–Darling Basin, commencing 1 July 2023.

Monthly update by Chief Executive, MDBA - Andrew McConville.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority met on 10 May 2023 in person on Ngunnawal Country (Canberra) and via videoconference. The meeting was chaired by Sir Angus Houston with all members present.

Water resource plans are an integral part of implementing the Basin Plan. They set new rules on how much water can be taken from the system, ensuring the sustainable diversion limit is not exceeded over time.

The Basin Officials Committee (BOC) met virtually on 14 April 2023.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority met on 31 March 2023 on Ngunnawal Country (Canberra). All members were present.

In May 2020, the MDBA released its Sustainable diversion limit accounting improvement strategy 2020–2025, in response to the findings and recommendations of the SDL accounting ‘health check’ – independent panel review in 2019.

Watch this month's update from our Chief Executive, Andrew McConville.

After water is used some of it can return back to the river system – this water is known as a ‘return flow’.