Voices from the Basin: One Basin CRC's Submission to the 2026 Basin Plan Review

Register for upcoming free webinars and online training: https://awschool.com.au Slides & Q&A: https://awschool.com.au/training/voic... 0:00 – Welcome, acknowledgements & speaker introductions 4:28 – Presentation: The Basin Plan & its first review after 14 years 5:01 – How the CRC's submission was prepared 6:16 – The Basin Plan's scope & history of water diversions 8:55 – Environmental water recovery: progress & remaining challenges 10:28 – Primary recommendation: integrated catchment management 12:37 – Modernising water infrastructure & operations 14:19 – Water banking: storing water underground 16:09 – Four elements for implementation: regions, First Nations, adaptation & finance 20:41 – What this means for the Basin Plan: three foundational opportunities 23:39 – Water as the organising system for adaptation 25:36 – Panel discussion: key highlights from each panelist 35:42 – Q&A: integrating social outcomes into water modelling 40:38 – Q&A: local vs. basin-scale decision making 45:29 – Q&A: financing water quality & lessons from the Great Barrier Reef 47:53 – Q&A: making catchment management more effective 51:14 – Q&A: the relationship between modelling and policy 55:23 – Closing remarks 2026 marks the culmination of the MDBA’s Basin Plan Review process, a significant inflection point that will affect Basin management and communities over the coming decade. To prepare their submission to the Basin Plan Review, the One Basin CRC ran a six-month-long consultation process including workshops, online panel sessions, and direct consultation to collect advice and ideas from their 85+ partners. These insights have been synthesised into the CRC’s formal submission. Join One Basin CRC’s CEO Prof. Mike Stewardson and other key CRC leaders and partners, to discuss what they have learned through this extensive consultation process with partners ranging across research, government, private industry, regional communities, and more. Speakers will outline the key recommendations in the CRC’s submission, and look toward the next era of Basin management Description Webinar number 235