Corporate Body
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (2007 - )
- From
- 2007
- Functions
- Advisory or Regulatory Body, Conservation or Environment and Resources
- Website
- https://www.mdba.gov.au
Summary
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) was established under the Water Act 2007 and replaced the Murray-Darling Basin Commission as an independent statutory agency. The MDBA was established to measure, monitor and record details about the Murray-Darling Basin's water resources and ecosystems, to communicate and engage with state and federal governments and the wider public about the Murray-Darling Basin and to conduct research on the Murray-Darling Basin.
Related entries
Timeline
1917 - 1988 River Murray Commission
1988 - 2007 Murray-Darling Basin Commission
2007 - Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Published resources
Books
- O'Gorman, Emily, Wetlands in a dry land: more-than-human histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin (Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 2021), 288 pp. https://www.mup.com.au/books/wetlands-in-a-dry-land-paperback-softback. Details
Resources
- Commonwealth Government of Australia, Water Act 2007 No. 137, 2007, Reference Code: C2017C00151, Australian Government Federal Register of Legislation, 2017, https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C00151. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462306. Details
Resource Sections
- 'About US', in Murray-Darling Basin Authority, 9 October 2015, https://www.mdba.gov.au/about-us. Details
Elizabeth Daniels
Created: 14 November 2017