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

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 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.

The New South Wales Government and the Australian Government requested the Murray–Darling Basin Authority to undertake a review of Nimmie-Caira’s estimated contribution to the water recovery target.

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) has recommended an adjustment of 605 gigalitres (GL) to the Sustainable Diversion Limits in the southern Basin to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Barnaby Joyce.

The MDBA has analysed water recovery in 41 communities across the southern Murray–Darling Basin as of 31 October 2016 as part of its interim Basin Plan Evaluation and found that water recovery through infrastructure has generated 224 GL in water savings for farmers and the environment.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is today calling for submissions about proposed Basin Plan amendments that are designed to improve the outcomes for communities, the environment and regional economies.