ACCC Calls for Comprehensive Overhaul of Murray-Darling Water Markets

A new flow is seen meeting pools of green water along the Darling Barka river, as a flow of water arrives from upstream on February 24, 2020 in Louth, Australia. Jenny Evans/Getty Images

An independent agency should be established to oversee trading activity in the water markets for the Murray-Darling Basin, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

It’s one of the 29 recommendations made by the consumer watchdog in its 700-page final report (pdf) of the Murray-Darling Basin water markets inquiry.