Current plans on public exhibition
We are seeking feedback on the draft Floodplain Management Plan for the Murrumbidgee Valley Floodplain, including the proposed management zones and associated rules and assessment criteria.
The draft plan is on display from 19 August until 29 September 2024. Landholders and other interested community members are invited to book individual appointments with departmental staff to ask questions about the draft floodplain management plan and learn how to make a submission.
Recent engagement activities
The department held Stage 1 public consultation for the draft Murray Valley floodplain management plan from 20 May to 30 June 2024. Individual appointments with departmental staff were held in Moama, Deniliquin, Barham, Moulamein and online from 3–17 June 2024. We are reviewing the submissions received and will publish a What we heard report soon.
The department held Stage 1 public consultation for the draft Murrumbidgee Valley floodplain management plan from 25 March to 5 May 2024. Individual appointments with departmental staff were held in Balranald, Hay, Darlington Point, Wagga Wagga and online from 2-11 April 2024. We have reviewed submissions and published a What we heard report .
First Nations engagement
As part of the development of floodplain management plans in the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Lachlan valleys, we are engaging with First Nations communities about the protection of cultural assets and values on these floodplains.
Information sessions were previously held in:
- Narrandera, Darlington Point and Deniliquin in August 2023
- Hay and Balranald in September 2023
- Lake Cargelligo in October 2023
- Forbes, Condobolin, Darlington Point, Narrandera, Deniliquin and Moama in November 2023
- Hay in February 2024
- Balranald in March 2024.
More sessions will be confirmed in mid-2024.
Contact us at floodplain.planning@dpie.nsw.gov.au for more information about the sessions.
Fact sheet
Read more information about the southern floodplain management plans in the First Nations information on rural floodplain management plans fact sheet.
Download the fact sheet (PDF. 242KB)Information sessions about the southern floodplain management plans
Information sessions were held in Jerilderie, Deniliquin, Moama, Barham, Forbes, Condobolin, Lake Cargelligo, Hillston, Narrandera, Darlington Point, Hay and Moulamein from 14-28 June 2023. The department collected photographs, drone imagery or descriptions of flood behaviour from the 2022 floods and talked to attendees about the floodplain management plans.
Report
Read more about what we heard during initial consultation on rural floodplain management plans in the southern Murray–Darling Basin.
Download the report (PDF. 799KB)Asistance
If you require assistance in reading these documents, please contact 1300 081 047 or water.enquiries@dpie.nsw.gov.au