The Basin Salinity Management Strategy Mid-Term Review 2008 

The Murray-Darling Basin Commission is obliged to undertake a Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the Basin Salinity Management Strategy (BSMS), and of Schedule C to the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement, to provide strategic direction for BSMS implementation from 2008 to 2015. The review has been conducted in accordance with the requirements as set out in Schedule C (Clause 35). 

The Review focuses on progress in implementing the Strategy for the first 7 years through: 

1.      an examination of the changes in the policy, operational arrangements, science and technical understanding over the first phase of implementation of the BSMS;

2.      analysis of BSMS implementation since 2001 to identify key successes, challenges and risks;

3.      analysis by the jurisdictionally based Mid-Term Review Task Force regarding how issues identified at 1 and 2 will influence implementation directions; and

4.      independent review of findings.