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The 2020 Basin Plan Evaluation has drawn from a wide range of sources.

Join us this festive season as we enjoy songs of the people and the landscapes of the Murray–Darling Basin.

The OzFish Sunraysia River Repair Bus is doing its bit to help revitalise habitat along the River Murray in north west Victoria.

Bioregions are large, geographically distinct areas of land with common characteristics and plant and animal communities.

The prolonged drought across the Basin means in the next 12 months environmental water will be used strategically to protect our wetlands, floodplains and river ecosystems from further damage, and place them in the best possible position to recover from the drought when it breaks, according to the latest Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) report.

The Recharge Risk Assessment Method (RRAM), developed by CSIRO and SKM in partnership with the MDBA, was used to derive preliminary groundwater extraction limits.

Prerequisite policy measures are legislative and operational rule changes that will improve the use, management and accounting of water for the environment in the southern-connected Murray–Darling Basin. The Basin Plan outlines these measures and required them to be implemented by 1 July 2019.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority met on 1 October 2019 at Tailem Bend in South Australia to continue to progress the implementation of the Murray–Darling Basin Plan and to consider challenges associated with managing water resources in the current drought conditions being experienced across the Basin.

At its meeting on 2–3 April 2019 in Canberra, the Murray–Darling Basin Authority reinforced its commitment to collaboration on the Basin Plan.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority met on 4 and 5 February 2019 in Canberra to continue its extensive work program to roll out the Murray–Darling Basin Plan.