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The Murray–Darling Basin Authority met on 16 December 2020. All members were present, and the meeting was chaired by Sir Angus Houston.

The 2020 Basin Plan Evaluation has found the climate of the Basin is changing and water managers, communities, industries and the environment will need to adapt to a hotter and drier climate future.

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.

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.

This report presents a literature review of work done to derive short and long-term crop yield-water functions.

This past summer brings to life what living with our increasingly variable climate means for the average Australian – Phillip Glyde, Chief Executive, Murray–Darling Basin Authority

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority held its first meeting for 2020 in Canberra on 11-12 February. In the wake of devastating fires, drought and flooding the Authority acknowledged the hardship many communities have experienced this summer and the difficult road to recovery ahead.

This report represents a synthesis of the current available information relating to observed trends and historical conditions across the Murray–Darling Basin. Trends reported in this report represent natural – or unmanaged – conditions arising from changes in the climate system.

In 2007–2008 CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields (MDBSY) project published a series of reports documenting water availability across the Murray-Darling Basin, including an assessment of the likely impacts of climate change to ~2030 on water availability (e.g. CSIRO 2008a).

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is reinforcing its commitment to work with Basin communities by making the Regional Engagement Officer network a permanent feature.