'Wonderful'flows prompt removal of Lower Darling River temporary dams
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'Wonderful'flows prompt removal of Lower Darling River temporary dams

Earthwork dams along the river will be removed in coming weeks to ensure powerful flows can flush all the way down to the Murray.

  • byPeter Hannam

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'Like a kid at Christmas':Menindee Lakes finally start to fill again

'Like a kid at Christmas':Menindee Lakes finally start to fill again

Residents of far-western NSW are celebrating the arrival of the first major river flows to reach the Menindee Lakes since 2016.

  • byPeter Hannam
'Whole town has come back to life'as big wet flows across NSW

'Whole town has come back to life'as big wet flows across NSW

The water from the rains in early February is bringing pleasure across the state as it winds through the river system,including at Brewarrina.

  • byHarriet Alexander
'Damning,disappointing':Debacle in state's water sharing plans
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'Damning,disappointing':Debacle in state's water sharing plans

There was"limited evidence of targeted monitoring and no evidence of reporting of performance indicators,"documents prepared for the Department of Planning,Industry and Environment show.

  • byKylar Loussikian
Barilaro hits out at federal threat to take over river planning

Barilaro hits out at federal threat to take over river planning

NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro says it will be"toxic"and"political suicide"if the Commonwealth decides to complete river management plans unilaterally.

  • byKylar Loussikian
Regional towns turn to mobile desal plants to fix salty drinking water supplies

Regional towns turn to mobile desal plants to fix salty drinking water supplies

Towns along the dwindling Barwon-Darling River system are turning to mobile desalination plants to provide relief from brackish drinking water.

  • byLisa Visentin
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This drying continent can't afford Adani's pipeline to 12.5 billion litres of precious water
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This drying continent can't afford Adani's pipeline to 12.5 billion litres of precious water

Not only will the emissions from burning Adani’s coal worsen future droughts and bushfires,the mine itself will consume vast amounts of water.

  • byTony Windsor
Fishing bans for parts of distressed Murray-Darling river system

Fishing bans for parts of distressed Murray-Darling river system

The NSW government implemented the bans after it received reports people were fishing near Murray cod rescue zones near Menindee,in far western NSW.

  • byLisa Visentin
Australia posts driest spring,second-hottest for daytime temperatures

Australia posts driest spring,second-hottest for daytime temperatures

Australia recorded its driest spring,intensifying the nation's drought,while daytime temperatures for the whole year are running at the hottest on record.

  • byPeter Hannam
Good Weekend's Who Mattered 2019:Environment

Good Weekend's Who Mattered 2019:Environment

The climate strike kids:"Many were scolded as ‘inner-city puppets’,but the stories in the streets were different."Plus:Kate McBride,Grace Brennan,Brynn O’Brien and Emma Herd.

  • byKonrad Marshall
Short-sighted politics threatens untold damage to NSW communities

Short-sighted politics threatens untold damage to NSW communities

John Barilaro carries on as if a historic water-sharing plan was the brain-child of raving inner-city lunatics but nothing could be further from the truth.

  • byDavid Papps andJamie Pittock