Murray-Darling Basin Plan is helping our river, but more needs to be done
Delegates have gathered at an event in Murray Bridge, River Reflections, ahead of a major review of the national water agreement.
A decade ago, governments around Australia’s biggest river system agreed that too much water was being taken out of it, and something needed to be done.
The agreement they made – the Murray-Darling Basin Plan – was meant to be a compromise.
Sure enough, it was demonised in some corners for crippling agriculture, and in others for failing to save the environment.
Now the plan is up for review.
But negotiations are likely to be a bit less contentious this time around, judging by the attitudes of more than 300 delegates at a conference in Murray Bridge last week.
Murray Bridge News sat in on two days of presentations at River Reflections 2025, travelled to the Goolwa barrages and Murray Mouth, and chatted with delegates from across the nation to get a sense for how the river system is going, what big problems remain and what it will all mean for Murraylands communities.
