Contents
- Letter of transmittal
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- About this report
- 1. The year in review
- 2. River Murray Water
- 3. Natural Resource Management
- 4. Corporate services
- 5. Corporate governance
- 6. Financial statements
- Appendixes
- Community Advisory Committee Annual Report 2004–2005
- Glossary
- List of figures and tables
About this report
The Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) is a unique organisation, involving the Australian, New South Wales, Victorian, South Australian, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory governments.
This report describes the objectives and significant achievements of the MDBC during the 2004–05 financial year. It is tabled before the parliaments of each jurisdiction through the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council (Ministerial Council). This tabling process has been developed to meet the requirements of the 1992 Murray-Darling Basin Agreement (the Agreement), which has been incorporated into legislation and passed by the Australian Parliament and state parliaments that have jurisdiction in the Murray-Darling Basin (the Basin). The Australian Capital Territory's involvement is through a memorandum of understanding.
The MDBC undertakes activities at the direction of the Ministerial Council, and coordinates the efforts of the government partners to the Murray-Darling Basin Initiative (the Initiative)-the partnership between the governments and the community that has been established to give effect to the Agreement. It supports actions by communities and government within the Basin
This annual report focuses on those activities that the MDBC has carried out on behalf of the Ministerial Council in 2004–05. Information on the 2004–05 activities of the partners to the Initiative will be available through the partner governments' departmental annual reports, which should be available by early 2006.
The format of this annual report has changed from that of previous years. Activities are reported under functional areas and not according to Key Performance Areas. The previous reporting structure reflected a corporate plan that was revised during 2004–05. The current report structure reflects that of the new Strategic Plan.
This annual report also incorporates the annual report of the Ministerial Council's Community Advisory Committee, the primary community body advising the Ministerial Council on natural resource management issues in the Basin.