Inquiries

Last updated: 2 Jul 2025

The Inspector-General of Water Compliance may conduct inquiries. The Inspector-General may conduct an Inquiry to find out how Basin governments and agencies follow their obligations under:

  • the Water Act 2007 (Cth)
  • the Basin Plan 2012
  • Water Resource Plans.

The Inspector-General may decide whether to start an inquiry. The Australian Government minister for water may also direct the Inspector-General to do so.

Open inquiries

Northern Basin Toolkit

The Inspector-General is conducting an inquiry into the implementation of measures to improve environmental outcomes in the Northern Murray-Darling Basin.

Those measures comprise the Northern Basin Toolkit(Opens in a new tab/window).

Closed inquiries

There are no previous inquiries(Opens in a new tab/window).

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