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The Basin Plan introduced a new water accounting and compliance framework based on sustainable diversion limits (SDL) that began on 1 July 2019.

Our submissions to Commissions of Inquiry, Senate Committees and the Productivity Commission.

On 20 June 2001, the Senate agreed to an Order requiring each Minister to table a letter advising that a list of contracts, in respect of each entity administered by that Minister, has been placed on the internet, with access to the list available through the entity’s website. The letter must be tabled no later than 2 calendar months after the last day of the financial and calendar year.

2023 MDBA graduates share highlights, challenges and where to next.

Water infrastructure is a term which can apply to a range of assets: dams, weirs, flood levees and embankments, fishways, regulators, pump stations, managed aquifer recharge ponds and injection wells and desalination plants.

The 2023 JS Collings Trophy for excellence in maintaining major water management infrastructure on the River Murray has been awarded to Mildura Weir by the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA).

To understand how fish are counted in fishways, first it is important to understand why we want to count these fish in the first place.

Since 1922, when the first weir was constructed, there have been efforts to help fish move through the waterways. Our timeline shows the progress of the fishway infrastructure.

Fishways are important for the passage of fish through barriers such as weirs, to allow them to migrate up and down a river. There are many fishways along the River Murray. Learn about how they work, their types, locations, history and fish movement.

One of the primary objectives of the Murray–Darling Basin Plan is to ensure the water resources of the Basin are shared between all water users in a sustainable way; striking a balance and maintaining a healthy and productive system to sustainably support industries, the environment and communities.