Murray Darling Basin Plan Survey

The NSW Farmers’ Association needs your help to better understand the potential impacts of the Murray Darling Basin Plan on farmers and rural communities. Please help us by completing the following short survey, which should take you no more than 10 minutes to complete.

The Murray Darling Basin Plan, being prepared by the Murray Darling Basin Authority on behalf of the Australian Government, will have serious implications for all Members within the Basin. It will include limits on the amount of water that can be extracted for consumptive uses (including agriculture), as well as new rules about the trading of water within the Basin.

It will not be clear until the draft is released just how severely impacted your farm and/or business may be. However, the Association will have an opportunity to provide feedback in response to the draft Plan, and will be lobbying strongly on your behalf for the best possible outcome for farmers and rural communities in the Basin. As part of that process, the Association is conducting a survey to better understand the needs of irrigation and dryland farmers in the Basin. The summary of responses will be used in the Association's submission in response to the draft Basin Plan, as well as in targeted media and lobbying strategies.

Whilst there are a range of complex issues relating to the Basin Plan, from the potential impacts on farm families to the potential impacts on regional development, the survey will focus on a General Farm Overview; the Basin Planning Process and Community Impacts; an Irrigation Overview; and concerns about the Plan and/or Planning Process.