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Premier speaks to locals 'devastated' by mass fish kill

NSW Premier Chris Minns says the state needs to protect its waterways as he assesses the fallout from a mass fish kill in Menindee.

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NSW Premier Chris Minns says Menindee mass fish deaths will be investigated

Chris Minns and Acting Water Minister Penny Sharpe heard from locals about the impact of the event and vowed to try to prevent similar incidents from happening.

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Minns heads to Menindee as NSW count continues

NSW Premier Chris Minns says turning around the performance of schools and hospitals in NSW remains his top priority, as new research reveals one million

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At Menindee, the lifeblood of the people has turned to bitter sludge

The fight for a healthy Darling-Baaka River is becoming a ‘recurring nightmare’ for the communities that depend on it

The Guardian - AU

Angry outback town feels abandoned after mass fish kill

Frustration and anger is growing in the NSW outback town on Menindee more than a week after millions of fish washed up dead on the Darling-Baaka River

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Darling-Baaka River Menindee cleanup begins six days after mass fish kill

Locals live with the stink of rotting fish as millions of submerged carcasses raise concerns about water quality

The Guardian - AU

Experts slam river management after millions of fish die in the Darling

Low levels of dissolved oxygen in the water caused up to 20 million fish to die at Menindee last week, authorities said.

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From Menindee to New York, Mina Guli has run 200 marathons to put water on the global stage

Mina Guli's body is broken and battered after she completed her 200th marathon in a year, traversing 8,440 kilometres across the world and arriving at the first UN Water Conference in 46 years.

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Calls for royal commission after Menindee fish kill

The NSW Greens want a royal commission to investigate the management of the Murray-Darling Basin, including whether water policies address climate change.

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Millions of dead fish cleared out as Menindee awaits results of drinking water tests

Millions of rotting fish carcasses are starting to be cleaned up in far west New South Wales, prompting additional water-quality monitoring downstream.

ABC News

Menindee residents ask officials to drink town’s water as reassurance after massive fish kill

WaterNSW testing shows drinking supply passes Australian cleanliness guidelines but community remains unconvinced about river management

The Guardian - AU

Fish kill clean-up finally underway at Menindee, a week after creatures began clogging up river

The clean-up of millions of stinking, rotting, dead fish is finally underway, almost a week after an unprecedented fish kill affected a far-western New South Wales town.

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Menindee locals have 'no faith' in fish kill response

Menindee residents are frustrated and angry after living through the second major fish kill on the Darling-Baaka River in four years.

AAP

Australia begins major clean-up after millions of fish die in river

An emergency hub has been set up by officials in New South Wales to monitor water quality

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The Guardian - AU

Flood and heat: why millions of fish are dying in western NSW

How did the latest mass fish kill happen? How does it differ from previous events and how can we stop it happening again?

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‘All this here will kill this river’: traditional owners grieve for the Darling-Baaka after mass fish death

Barkandji people say they are tired of fighting for the health of the river after millions of fish died in a hypoxic blackwater event

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Off-the-scale clean up as rotting fish threaten water

Specialist crews are being sent to Menindee in outback NSW to remove dead fish from the Darling-Bakaa after the biggest mass in living memory.

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How did millions of fish die gasping in the Darling – after three years of rain?

Millions of dead fish float on the surface of the river. Native bony herring and introduced young carp, as well as a few mature Murray cod and golden perch. History is repeating on the Darling River at Menindee. This new fish kill is even worse than the enormous 2018–2019 fish…

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Emergency operation to deal with millions of dead fish

Government agencies are mobilising at Menindee in outback NSW to co-ordinate the response to enormous clusters of dead fish in the Darling-Baaka River.

ABC News

'Significant planning' underway to clean up massive fish kill in NSW's far west

An emergency response centre, headed by NSW Police, has been put into action in the state's far west to coordinate the clean-up of the worst mass kill ever to hit the Darling River in Menindee.

The Independent UK

Millions of dead fish wash up amid heat wave in Australia

Millions of fish have washed up dead in southeastern Australia in a die-off that authorities and scientists say is caused by floods and hot weather

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Politicians call for action on Menindee mass fish deaths

Politicians are calling for the urgent removal of the millions of dead fish clogging the waterways of the Darling-Baaka River near Menindee.

AAP

Emergency operation to deal with millions of dead fish

Government agencies are mobilising at Menindee in outback NSW to co-ordinate the response to enormous clusters of dead fish in the Darling-Baaka River.

ABC News

Millions of fish dead in the worst mass kill ever to hit Menindee region, in NSW's far west

Authorities have confirmed the overall scale and size of this mass fish kill eclipses similar events in 2018 and 2019.

The Guardian - AU

‘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

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