Reports & Submissions

Annual Reports:

• 2014/15
• 2015/16

Water Resource Planning:

• Ensuring equity in the development and assessment of water resource plans Discussion Paper. April 2016
• Indigenous Engagement in Water Resource Planning (August 2015)

Submissions:

• Basin Plan Amendments Submission (February 2017)
• First Nations Water Statement 2016
• Submission to the Water For Victoria Discussion Paper, 2016
• Submission to Select Committee into the Murray Darling Basin Plan 2015
• Submission to the Water Amendment Bill 2015
• Southern Basin First Nations Environmental Watering Statement 2021-22

Reports:

• Murray Darling Basin Authority: Aboriginal Waterways Assessment program. Report on a pilot program to trial the Aboriginal Waterways Assessment tool in three Basin Aboriginal communities.
• The River Murray Indigenous Response to The Living Murray [1 Mb PDF file]
• Weir, J. 2006 “Cultural flows in the Murray Lower Darling Rivers”, in S Jackson (ed) Recognising and protecting Indigenous values in water resource management:
  A report from a workshop held at CSIRO in Darwin, NT, 5-6 April 2006.
• MLDRIN and NBAN, 2021, with support from Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University. Research into how much water is held by First Nations in and Traditional Owner Organisations in the Murray-Darling Basin in 2020: A First Nations Summary.

National Cultural Flows Research Projects reports:

Report: Dhungala Baaka: Rethinking the Future of Water Management in Australia (Project Summary Report)

Report: Cultural Flows: Guide for First Nations (Cultural Flows Assessment Methodology)

Report: A Pathway to Cultural Flows in Australia (Law and Policy Reform)