Grazier is worried towns will ‘run out of water’ if flows don’t improve, urging state government to take action regardless of federal funds
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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.