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In 2020–21, monitoring assessed how carbon, nutrients and zooplankton (a type of water bug) changed along the length of the River Murray in response to water for the environment.

Releases from Menindee Lakes will be actively managed this summer in a refined approach from the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) and Basin state governments to maintain water in the upper lakes while meeting demands in the River Murray.

Monitoring reports from the River Murray, one of The Living Murray icon sites.

Citizen scientists are being called to swap their backyards for a local waterway by joining a wave of volunteers across the Murray–Darling Basin to help with conservation efforts.

The Spring testing season is now live. Funding for the initial 420 sites has been provided by the MDBA to make them free and available to the community.

The Chowilla Floodplain was inundated in late 2022 – monitoring shows the ecosystem is now thriving.

A billabong which has filled for the first time in years is the site of a new fish monitoring project.

The Basin’s annual fish survey shows positive signs for important native species

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority 2024 Graduate Development Program is now open for future leaders. We encourage applications from all disciplines, with a focus this year on recent graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as the MDBA drives world-leading water reform.

We have established job-specific registers for applicants who are interested in non-ongoing (temporary) vacancies.