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Murray-Darling Basin Commission | ||
| Category: | Organisation | |
| Sub Category: | Representative Body | |
| Location: | Murray-Darling Basin, Australia | |
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| 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. | ||
Related Entries |
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References |
| General Reference |
| MDB Initiative (2006) The Murray-Darling Basin Commission |
| (1992) Murray-Darling Basin Agreement |
| Book Chapter |
| Morgan, M, Strelein, S, Weir, J, (2006) 'Authority, Knowledge and Values: Indigenous Nations Engagement in the Management of Natural Resources in the Murray-Darling Basin' in M Langton et al (eds), Settling with Indigenous People: Modern treaty and agreement-making (The Federation Press, 2006). |
| Report |
| Murray-Darling Basin Commission (2006) Annual Report 2005-2006 |
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