The NSW Government has released this report to minimise the exposure of regional communities to water buybacks. The alternative options outlined in this report are designed to maximise water recovery and environmental outcomes through infrastructure, rule changes and other non-purchase projects.

This interim report assesses and makes findings about the progress made toward implementing the Murray–Darling Basin Plan since 2018. It makes a number of interim recommendations about the actions needed to achieve full implementation of the Basin Plan and to strengthen and simplify the framework.

This paper provides an overview of three current issues related to recent major legislative and policy reforms that aim to restore environmental health and better manage competition for water in the Murray-Darling Basin.

This report outlines how money originally allocated to ensure a healthy Murray-Darling Basin is now earmarked to be spent on seemingly unrelated infrastructure in New South Wales. Instead of recovering 450GL promised to the environment in downstream states, this money may now flow to a range of questionable projects, including upgrading 1200 bridges in irrigation...

In August 2019, the ACCC was directed to conduct an inquiry into markets for tradeable water rights in the Murray–Darling Basin. This report makes recommendations to enhance markets for tradeable water rights, including their operation, transparency, regulation, competitiveness and efficiency.