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committee investigating the management of the basin plan heard that up to 19 of NSW’s 20 water resource plans may be withdrawn for resubmission.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’s template, the spokesperson said. Email sign-up embed Tim Goodes, executive director, basin plan implementation at the MDBA said that