A new report card by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority shows both state and federal governments have work to do if they want to meet targets.
was tabled in the parliament, showing how little water had been recovered toward the 450 gigalitre target.
He said while more work was required to complete the projects and reach the 450 gigalitre target, the environment was benefiting from the first decade of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a pre-election commitment to deliver 450 gigalitres of water to the environment — a target set out in the 2012 Murray-Darling Basin Plan.The water for this target was to come from efficiency projects.
As recently as last week, Water Minister Tanya Plibersek said she was considering using voluntary buybacks as a way of meeting environmental water commitments in the basin.
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