Welcome to the
Murray Darling Association
website
- your interactive portal for comment and feedback
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NEW SIGNIFICANT WATER BANK SUPPORTER
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The Reckitt Benckiser Company with its Our Home Our Planet (OHOP) program is donating $50,000 to the Murray Darling Association to buy water for the Murray Darling Foundation Water Bank to be used on various sites as required by Local Govenment in their regions across the Murray-Darling Basin.ﾠ More ...Our Home Our Planetﾠ
Reckitt Becnkiser Companyﾠalso encourage 50,000 Australian households to make the OHOP "promise" to cut energy and water use by registering their commitment online at www.ourhome-ourplanet.com.au.ﾠ For every promise made, OHOP will donate $1 to the Murray Darling Foundation, who will in turn allocate the funds to a Murray Darling River community initiative or to one of over 1,000 sites along the river system that needs a boost to their ecology.
MURRAY DARLING ASSOCIATION AWARDS:
*Recipient of NSW Environmental Trust Funding - 2011
*Joint winner - Schools First Local Impact Award - October 2010
*Finalist - National Landcare Awards - June 2010
*Category winner - NSW Murray Catchment Awards - June 2009
*Category winner - NSW Landcare Awards - September 2009
Murray Darling Association
TheﾠAssociationﾠwas formed in 1944 as the Murray Valley Development League. It is an association of over 90 Local Government municipalities, along withﾠcommunity groups, businesses and individuals with an interest in ensuring that the Murray-Darling Basin continues as a viable and valuable asset for all.
The Association is a non-government organisation that transcends state boundaries and represents the views, aspiration and concerns of a large number of people living in the Murray-Darling Basin.
ﾠThe Association:
- Seeks to ensure that the environmental integrity of the Murray-Darling Basin is conserved and protected;
- Believes that Local Government is central to the orderly management of the Basin;
- Encourages responsible development while ensuring that the environment is protected;
- Fosters the evolvement of Local Government in natural resource management and decision making processes within the Basin;
- Supports integrated catchment management;
- Provides leadership and helps to resolve conflict;
- Is committed to best practice in management, community involvement and participation, service delivery and accountability.
The Association represents Local Government along the Murray, Darling and other rivers in New South Wales, Victoria, Queenslandﾠand South Australia as well as communities that rely on water from the Basin.
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Mission Statement
The Murray Darling Association's mission is to provide a focus for Local Government and community participation in the majorﾠ natural resource management issues of the Murray-Darling Basin.
The Association also provides information, facilitates debates, identifies needs and priorities, undertakes projects and education initiatives, promotes research, and aims to influence the policies of government.
Map of the Murray Darling Basin
Source: Murray Darling Basin Commission
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Click on the link to see Basin Map of Regions
