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Murray-Darling Basin Commission

Category: Organisation
Sub Category:Representative Body
Place:Murray-Darling Basin
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State/Country:Australia
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Alternative Names:
  • MDBC
    • URL: http://www.mdbc.gov.au/
    Summary Information:
    The Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) 'is the executive arm of the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council ['the Ministerial Council'] and is responsible for:

    - managing the River Murray and the Menindee Lakes system of the lower Darling River, and
    - advising the Ministerial Council on matters related to the use of the water, land and other environmental resources of the Murray-Darling Basin.'

    The MDBC is responsible to the Ministerial Council and the governments that form part of the Ministerial Council, but '[i]t is not a government department nor a statutory body of any individual government.'

    Operation of the MDBC is provided for in Part IV of the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement.

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  • Memorandum of Understanding between Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations and Murray-Darling Basin Commission - Signatory
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  • Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations - Signatory
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    Created:Thursday, 26 April 2007
    Modified:Thursday, 10 May 2007
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