How far have we got in the campaign to save the Murray?
So far, so good! Here’s the latest:
The authority's heard us loud and clear!
The submission period for the Draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan ended on Monday, 16 April with the MDBA receiving over 10,000 submissions. Of those 10,000, a whopping 2,500 came from Environment Victoria supporters, all calling for a better deal to protect our river systems. And in all, over two thirds of the submissions asked for a stronger Plan delivering more water to rivers and wetlands. It's been an AMAZING effort!
So a big warm THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to stand up for our Murray and make a submission!
Read Environment Victoria's submission to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Check out all the submissions on the MDBA website
What happens now?
The MDBA now has to consider all the submissions and come up with a revised plan that goes to the state governments and then federal Water Minister Tony Burke before he presents it to the federal Parliament for approval. So its politics all the way from now! But our strong showing in the submission period and the powerful support for a decent plan coming from Adelaide and the South Australian Government has created the space for some significant improvements to the draft Plan. Your voice is being heard!
Together with our partner groups in the Lifeblood alliance, we’ll be keeping up the pressure in the coming months and there will be plenty more opportunities to show your support for a Plan that saves the Murray once and for all. Stay tuned!
Keep up with the latest news
To keep up with what’s happening in the campaign to save the Murray, sign up to our eBulletin — it will land in your inbox once a fortnight, and will keep you up to date with what’s happening in the Murray-Darling Basin and how we’re going getting the community’s voices heard. You can also join our Save the Murray Facebook cause and follow us on Twitter.
Other ways you can help
Keen to do more? Great! The best thing you can do is get the message out to people you know. Email this text to your friends, ask your local school or canoe club to put it in their newsletter, or post this on Facebook. If you can get 20 or more people together, how about getting an Environment Victoria person to come and speak to you about the issue? And if you’ve got some time to spare, we could always do with more volunteers in the office. Thanks. We couldn’t do it without you.
