Published: January 15, 2019
NSW under pressure over whether rivers over-allocated following Darling River fish kill
New South Wales is “well behind” on developing crucial water-sharing plans for its rivers and “is unlikely to meet agreed timeframes of 30 June 2019”, putting in doubt its claims that water is being shared fairly between farmers and the environment.
The damning assessment by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority is contained in the December 2018 progress report posted on its website and comes as NSW faces growing questions over whether its rivers are over-allocated in the wake of a big fish kill at Menindee on the Darling River.
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