A yarn on the river

Date added: 20/01/2012

Community Meetings

Date added: 14/02/2012

A yarn on the river: Getting Aboriginal voices into the Basin Plan

A yarn on the River has been created to increase understanding of the draft Basin Plan and to assist Indigenous Australians to have their say about what’s in the Basin Plan.

Download publication: A yarn on the river

A call to action for the draft Basin Plan

The Authority is halfway through the 20 week public consultation period and we are getting in footage from some of our meetings with communities.

View footage of some of the meetings
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  • Community meetings

    Community meetings

    The Authority has held a number of public and stakeholder meetings across the basin since the launch of the draft Basin Plan. These meetings have occurred at St George, Dirranbandi, Murray Bridge, Shepparton, Griffith, Deniliquin and Mildura as well as with representatives of Indigenous nations in Canberra. Read more...

  • environmentally sustainable level of take

    The proposed "environmentally sustainable level of take"

    Sustainable Diversion Limits will replace the existing cap on water use and are set at both a catchment and Basin-wide scale. This report outlines the methods and modelled outcomes of the Environmentally Sustainable Level of Take process. Read more ...

  • OUR TEN KEY POINTS

    OUR TEN KEY POINTS

    Our vision is for a healthy, working Murray-Darling Basin that supports strong and vibrant communities, resilient industries, including food and fibre production, and a healthy environment. Read more...

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Basin Plan will increase salt export and improve salinity levels

22 February 2012

In response to the Adelaide Advertiser's article 'Salt in the wound' (Monday, 20/2/12), the MDBA's Chief Executive Dr Rhondda Dickson provided this letter to the editor.

To the editor,

In yesterday's paper you repeated comments about the draft basin plan and its inability to address the need to flush salt out of the system.

Getting Aboriginal voices into the Basin Plan

23 January 2012

'A Yarn on the river: Getting Aboriginal voices into the Basin Plan' is being distributed by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to outline the parts of the draft plan that are most relevant to Aboriginal people.

Chair's comments at Griffith consultation meeting on draft plan

15 December 2011

Authority Chair Craig Knowles today spoke at the MDBA's Griffith public consultation meeting: "We've tried to strike a balance and we've tried to create a framework where right across this landscape, with all those historic and diametrically opposed views, we can try and work together a bit better in the future than we have in the past."

Minor flow pulses for Mitta Mitta River

8 December 2011

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority will make minor pulsed releases from Dartmouth Reservoir over summer in an effort to improve water quality in the Mitta Mitta River.

Lowering of Mildura Weir pool next winter

2 December 2011

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority and Goulburn-Murray Water advised today that the Mildura weir pool is planned to be fully drawn down for up to two months next winter to allow for essential maintenance to be undertaken.