Is the proposed Basin Plan Legal?

On April 2nd the EDO released its legal analysis of the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan and whether it complies with the Water Act.

” In our view the Proposed Basin Plan (draft Plan) does not comply with the Act in a number of respects. In addition, it is clear from the draft Plan and the associated explanatory materials that the approach the MDBA has taken in the development and drafting of the Basin Plan has been to consistently give provisions their weakest interpretation and/or give effect to them in the weakest way.”

The full legal analysis can be accessed on the EDO website.