The Latest Breaking News from MDBA

Murray-Darling Basin Plan to be extended

The plan is predicted to fall hundreds of gigalitres short when it hits its mid-2024 deadline.

The Canberra Times · Jul 25, 2023

A giant ‘sand slug’ born from mining and land clearing is slowly choking the Murray River

The buildup of sand at the Barmah Choke is four metres deep and is caused by increased sediment from mining and land clearing

The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2023

PwC Australia scandal: $27m river modelling contract referred to audit body

Murray-Darling Basin Authority seeks assurances that confidential information has not been compromised

The Guardian - AU · Jun 6, 2023

Management plan must consider First Nations, climate change, says new Murray-Darling Basin boss

Murray-Darling Authority Basin boss to reveal "great unfinished business of water management" as Basin Plan reaches a 10-year milestone.

ABC News · Nov 21, 2022

Birds are back, crops are growing – but is the Murray Darling Basin plan working?

It is 10 years since the $13bn scheme was launched to restore the 1,500km system, and with it comes intensive debate about whether it is on track

The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2022

Flooded river communities on high alert as more water released from Hume Dam

Flooded downriver communities are on high alert as more water is set to be released from the Hume Dam, and more heavy rain predicted.

ABC News · Nov 11, 2022

Murray crayfish in NSW ‘walk out of the river’ as flooding sucks oxygen from water

Operation under way to rescue aquatic animals in danger of suffocating after record rainfall produces ‘hypoxic blackwater’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2022

Time is running out on the Murray-Darling plan. Should Tanya Plibersek reach for the big guns?

NSW and Victoria have dragged their heels and now risk the federal government taking over Australia’s most important river system

The Guardian - AU · Sep 24, 2022

Dartmouth Dam spills for the first time in 26 years, residents welcome visitor influx

Tourists are flocking to north-eastern Victoria to watch the Murray-Darling Basin's largest water storage begin to spill.

ABC News · Sep 22, 2022

Murray-Darling dams approach capacity

The Murray Darling Basin Authority is managing water flows as heavy rains push dams to capacity, with one potentially overflowing for the first time since 1996.

AAP · Aug 29, 2022