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“These findings make it all the more important that downstream targets to protect the environment and communities are included as part of any floodplain harvesting licensing regulations in the Northern Basin, including in the Barwon-Darling.” The MDBA said NSW had promised to redouble efforts to improve measurement, management and regulation of water resources. “NSW has not fully implemented its ‘rules for take’ outlined in their draft water resource plan, which includes assessing com...

On 20 April 2021, the Senate committee investigating the management of the basin plan heard that up to 19 of NSW’s 20 water resource plans may be withdrawn for resubmission. There will now be further delays while it revises the plans. Exactly what has caused the plans to be rejected is unclear. A spokesperson for the NSW water minister, Melinda Pavey described them as “formatting errors and typos”. Other states had also been required to make changes to their plans conformed with the MDBA�...