Governance of the Murray–Darling Basin Authority
Governance of the Murray–Darling Basin Authority is carried out by:
- the Commonwealth Water Minister, currently the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, the Hon Tony Burke MP
- the six-member Murray–Darling Basin Authority
- the Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council
- the Basin Officials Committee
- the Basin Community Committee.
The relationships between these governance bodies is described in the diagram below.
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The legislation determining this governance structure is the Water Act 2007.
