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How a new ‘Fishheart’ project is combining science, community and Indigenous art to restore life in the Baaka-Darling River

A new state-of-the-art tube fishway technology called the “Fishheart” has been launched at Menindee Lakes, located on the Baaka-Darling River, New South Wales.

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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.

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Menindee fish kills: inconsistent pesticide levels sparks calls for review of water testing methods

Experts call for review after two sets of water samples from the Darling-Baaka River reported by the state’s top scientific bodies contained different results

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‘Bracing for another fish kill’: locals sound the alarm as water quality drops at Menindee

Dissolved oxygen levels at the Darling-Baaka River have dropped to their lowest since April – and locals are worried

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'Very high' risk of major summer fish kill in Darling

It's likely another mass fish kill will occur at Menindee, the NSW government says, as state and federal Labor move to protect Darling River animal inhabitants.

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Menindee mass fish deaths symptomatic of degradation of river ecosystem, NSW chief scientist says

Prof Hugh Durrant-Whyte calls for overhaul of environmental regulation to prevent further fish deaths

The Guardian - AU

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

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From the outback to the beach, students learn uni isn't 'big and scary'

Menindee's Jaz Fusi may live 1000km from the sea, but she now dreams of becoming a marine biologist.

Newcastle Herald

Ceremony held in Menindee to release offspring of native fish rescued from 2019 Darling-Baaka mass kill

Silver perch fingerlings released in a ceremony designed to address community’s collective trauma over the ecological disaster

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‘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

Inquiry into Menindee ‘catastrophic fish deaths’ to consider ways to prevent future ecological disasters

Terms of reference include water monitoring data, environmental conditions and whether community consultation was sufficient

The Guardian - AU

NSW chief scientist begins independent review into Menindee's mass fish kill

NSW's chief scientist is aware his team will need to overcome distrust from some Menindee locals as it begins a review into the cause behind a mass fish kill in the Darling River during March.

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Outback Rugby League returns to remote NSW communities

After a near-death last year and months of hard work behind the scenes, the Wilcannia Boomerangs and Menindee Yabbies have rejoined a four-team competition.

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How's Ya Mate? mental health round continues expansion with help from Tadhg Kennelley, Kirby Bentley

Tadhg Kennelley and Kirby Bentley connect with young people in Broken Hill and Menindee as ambassadors for How's Ya Mate? — a successful local mental health and wellbeing initiative that hopes to go national.

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Police to review emergency response to Menindee fish kill

Officer in charge says they should have involved health department and NSW national parks from ‘first meeting’

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Water testing after Menindee fish kill shows a ‘chronically sick’ river

New results from the Darling-Baaka show system is ‘supercharged with nutrients’, expert says

AAP

Water testing ongoing after mass NSW fish kills

The NSW environment authority will take proactive action after a mass fish kill left a community in the state's far west concerned about their drinking water.

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New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority to probe Menindee fish kills as pollution incident

The New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority has announced it will investigate last month's Menindee fish kills as a pollution incident.

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The Guardian - AU

NSW to investigate Menindee mass fish kill as ‘pollution incident’

EPA to use statutory powers to investigate whether conditions in Darling-Baaka River breach state environment laws

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EPA’s water testing after Menindee fish kill was flawed and insufficient, expert says

NSW environment agency took almost a month to release full results of six water samples taken from Darling-Baaka River five days after event

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Inquiry into Menindee fish kills expected in coming weeks, minister confirms

Following the ecological disaster of the Menindee fish kills, an inquiry timeline has been announced. NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe said the investigation could be underway in a matter of weeks.

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Menindee fish kill may have been partly caused by release of ‘black’ and clean water by authorities, researchers claim

Exclusive: Satellite analysis shows toxic blackwater flowed into the Darling-Baaka River via the Wetherell outlet two days before the deaths

AAP

Fish washing up in Menindee, water tests confirm algae

NSW water authorities continue to deal with low oxygen levels in the Darling-Baaka River at Menindee, as testing shows up potentially toxic algae.

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Minns promises inquiry on fish kill

In one of his first acts as NSW Premier, Chris Minns has surveyed the impact of a mass fish kill in the state's north-west.

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New NSW premier Chris Minns commits to investigation into Menindee mass fish kill

Locals happy to see Labor ministers visit town days after election and are hopeful they will help stop destruction of Darling-Baaka River

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