TY - Report AU - Maryanne Slattery AU - Rod Campbell PY - 2019 T1 - Southern discomfort: water losses in the southern Murray Darling Basin PB - The Australia Institute DO - https://doi.org/APO-242176 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/242176 AB - Decisions by the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) to flood the Barmah-Millewa forest and drain Menindee Lakes have reduced water for NSW Murray general security holders, who have zero allocation for 2018-19. This research estimates an allocation of between 16% and 61% could have been possible had MDBA complied with its official objectives. ER -