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and amendments to the Basin Plan based on best available knowledge and in consultation with relevant stakeholders;
            (c) to promote a risk‑based approach to water resource planning and management;
            (d) to manage flows to optimise outcomes across the range of water uses in the Murray‑Darling Basin;
            (e) to ensure effective monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the Basin Plan;
            (f) to promote and enforce compliance with the Basin Plan and water resource plans;
            (g) to improve knowledge of water requirements within the Murray‑Darling Basin, including the following:
                (i) environmental watering requirements;
                (ii) requirements relating to the social, spiritual and cultural uses of Basin water resources by Indigenous people;
                (iii) the impact of climate change on water requirements;
                (iv) the water required to deliver social and economic benefits to Basin communities;
            (h) to improve knowledge of the impact on Basin water resources of the following:
                (i) interception activities and land use change;
                (ii) floodplain harvesting and peri‑urban and industrial take;
                (iii) climate change;
            (i) to improve knowledge of:
                (i) groundwater and surface water resources, including through improved measurement; and
                (ii) the causes of water quality degradation and the effects of water quality on environmental assets and ecosystem functions.

4.04 Authority may publish guidelines
(1) The Authority may publish guidelines setting out specific actions that may be taken in relation to the implementation of the strategies listed in subsection 4.03(3).
(2) The guidelines may be reviewed and, if necessary, updated at any time.
(3) The guidelines must be made having regard to AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 Risk Management—Principles and Guidelines.
Note: Water resource plans must be prepared having regard to any guidelines published in accordance with this section (see subsection 10.43(3)).

        Chapter 5—Management objectives and outcomes to be achieved by Basin Plan

5.01 Simplified outline
(1) This section sets out a simplified outline of this Chapter.
(2) This Chapter sets out the management objectives and outcomes to be achieved by the Basin Plan (item 4 of the table in subsection 22(1) of the Act).
(3) The management objectives and outcomes include objectives and outcomes:
            (a) for the Basin Plan as a whole; and
            (b) in relation to environmental outcomes; and
            (c) in relation to water quality and salinity; and
            (d) in relation to the long‑term average sustainable diversion limits; and
            (e) in relation to trading in the water market.
Note: The temporary diversion provision for each SDL resource unit is zero—see section 6.07. Accordingly, there are no objectives or outcomes in relation to the temporary diversion provision.

5.02 Objectives and outcome for Basin Plan as a whole
(1) The objectives for the Basin Plan as a whole are:
            (a) to give effect to relevant international agreements through the integrated management of Basin