The Murray Darling Basin Authority, a new body charged with saving Australia’s biggest river system from expiring, has its work cut out.

墨累-达令流域委员会，一个负责保护澳大利亚最大河流系统免于干枯的新组织，如今面临着艰巨的任务。

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The Murray Darling Basin Authority, a new body charged with saving Australia's biggest river system from expiring, has its work cut out.

墨累-达令流域委员会，一个负责保护澳大利亚最大河流系统免于干枯的新组织，如今面临着艰巨的任务。

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Their most fashionable exemplar is the Murray-Darling basin in Australia, where they have enabled farmers to withstand a fearsome drought without much impact on agricultural production.

他们中最流行的典范是澳大利亚墨累达令盆地，该地现已使农民能禁得起可怕的干旱而使其农业生产不受影响。

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More than four-fifths of the river water taken from the Murray-Darling basin is used for agriculture.

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The Murray Darling Basin Authority, a new body charged with saving Australia's biggest river system from expiring, has its work cut out.

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In 2007, however, the Howard government passed an act that allowed it to muscle in on water management in the Murray-Darling basin, constitutionally a state responsibility.

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