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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent

Mass fish deaths feared as Minns government promise to restore Murray-Darling rivers in doubt

A dry riverbed with a kangaroo hopping along the ground
A dry river bed in Louth in New South Wales. Stuart Le Lievre, a grazier on land between Louth and Tilpa, says ‘don’t we deserve fresh water?’ Photograph: Mark Evans/Getty Images

A New South Wales government plan to improve river flows after catastrophic fish deaths in the northern Murray-Darling Basin is in doubt after the federal government refused a $360m funding request.

But environment advocates and experts say the NSW government must act on its promise to restore the Darling-Baaka river – and follow through on recommendations from its own expert panel – with one landholder warning of further fish kills as soon as next summer.

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