Darling disaster
‘Breakthrough’ deal set to resuscitate Murray-Darling plan
The Albanese government is lining up with the Greens against farmers to deliver landmark national water reforms.
- by Mike Foley
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Broken equipment adds to the mystery of mass fish deaths
The events leading up to the Menindee fish kill are unclear as equipment had been rendered unreliable for 40 days by last year’s floods.
- by Nick O'Malley and Ben Cubby
Millions of native fish wash up dead near Menindee in outback NSW
The deaths have most likely been caused by low oxygen levels as floods recede, a situation made worse by fish needing more oxygen because of the warmer weather.
- by Stephanie Gardiner
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NSW floods
Record flood threatens Menindee as residents evacuate
Floodwaters in the Darling River are expected to reach 10.7 metres in the town on Saturday, surpassing the highest flood level recorded in the town.
- by Ben Cubby
River managers fight to save Menindee Lakes from flood of deadly blackwater
A flood peak laden with deoxygenated water is pouring into the Menindee Lakes system in Far West NSW, site of the catastrophic fish kills in 2019.
- by Mike Foley
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Water
‘Fish don’t respect borders’: Move to bolster Menindee Lakes reserves
The Berejiklian government has told other states it wants the operating rules of one of the Murray-Darling Basin’s biggest lake systems changed to cut the risks of mass fish kills on the Darling River.
- by Peter Hannam
‘World of hurt’: Toxic blooms take over Lower Darling River as dam debate ramps up
A red-alert for toxic cyanobacterial blooms has been issued for almost the entire Lower Darling River, with fears another big fish kill is imminent without significant new flows.
- by Peter Hannam
Stop fighting and start adapting to climate change, Basin Authority says
A unified effort will be needed to tackle the significant reduction in water forecast for Australia's food bowl, the Murray Darling Basin Authority warns.
- by Mike Foley
Berejiklian says NSW is emerging from drought as fish returned to Darling River
More than 60,000 Murray cod were returned to the Darling River near Menindee after hundreds of thousands of fish were killed two years ago.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Water
Irrigators pushed for NSW 'primacy' over basin plan, more water access
NSW's main irrigator lobby group pressed the Berejiklian government to place the state's water plans above the federal law and sought to tap water earmarked for the environment.
- by Peter Hannam
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Menindee
Two million fish to be released into Murray-Darling system
After massive fish death events in multiple locations across the basin over the past 18 months comes a welcome restocking.
- by Lisa Visentin
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