The Latest Breaking News from Graeme McCrabb

Anger turns to sadness for a Darling 'beyond repair'

Anger has turned to sadness in the NSW town of Menindee as some locals fear water quality will never return, amid fears of further river fish kills.

AAP · Feb 12, 2024

Darling-Baaka River at Menindee faces more fish kills as temperatures rise

Exclusive: dead fish are again appearing in the stressed Darling-Baaka at Menindee, as a fisheries department report reveals the river’s poor state

The Guardian - AU · Aug 9, 2023

‘Frustrated and forgotten’: Fish kill failures to be revealed in independent inquiry

The NSW water minister expects any mistakes made by government agencies will be spelled out in an independent inquiry about mass fish kills.

The New Daily · May 15, 2023

‘Unfathomable’: millions of dead fish blanket river near Menindee in latest mass kill

Authorities blame low oxygen levels made worse by receding flood waters as locals say latest event much more severe than previously

The Guardian - AU · Mar 17, 2023

Murray-Darling Basin critical for Australia's future, water advocates say, and time is running out

The Murray-Darling Basin has dictated human history in Australia, but now experts fear we are in a "water emergency" — and we don't have much time to act.

ABC News · Jul 18, 2022

NSW Far west town of Menindee about to flood, but some wish it had happened much sooner

WaterNSW is about to increase water releases from Menindee Lakes, with warnings that up to 10 properties could be inundated along with some access roads.

ABC News · May 26, 2022