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Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) Regional Engagement Officer (REO), Richard Unsworth and Engagement Officer, Kosha Shanahan recently travelled to the beautiful Sunraysia region in the Lower Murray catchment to participate in the 2024 Sunray Warriors event.

The MDBA is partnering with states to create new river modelling roles, enhancing capability and building a deeper understanding of the Basin.

Each month we sit down and have a chat with one of our 6 Regional Engagement Officers across the Basin. This month we caught up with Richard Unsworth, the man the community relies upon in the Lower Darling.

Murray–Darling Basin Authority Chair, Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK AFC (Ret’d) is committed to getting out and meeting with people who live and work across the Basin.

We're using the best available science and knowledge to help deliver a productive and healthy future for the interconnected rivers of the Murray–Darling Basin.

In this Newsroom series, we’re delving deeper into the characteristics, industry and people that make up the 22 individual catchments of the Basin and why they’re so special.

Each month we highlight the important work our Regional Engagement Officers (REOs) do out in Basin communities. From building relationships, to educating future Basin leaders, our REOs are the trusted faces of the Murray–Darling Basin Authority.

In 2012 the Basin Plan listed estimates of the average annual volumes of floodplain harvesting as components of the baseline diversion limit (BDL) in some northern Basin sustainable diversion limit (SDL) resource units. The New South Wales ‘Healthy Floodplains Project’ includes work to enable calculation of re-estimates of BDLs associated with floodplain harvesting in these northern New South Wales SDL resource units. These volumes will contribute to re-estimates of the total BDLs for all forms of take.

Regional Engagement Officer (REO) Kate spent her childhood spotting fish from the winding riverbanks of the lower Murray. Today she stands on those same banks as a voice for her community and the river they rely upon.

10 Basin towns across Victoria have been announced as finalists of the 2024 Transport Accident Commission (TAC) Victorian Top Tourism Town Awards.