'It's happening again': Menindee residents devastated as fish kill conditions return

Anne Davies watches fish dying on the Darling River in western NSW after a mass kill just a week ago

“It’s happening again,” says Menindee local Graeme McCrabb, as we stand on the banks of the Darling River, downstream from the fish kill on 7 January that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of fish, including 70-year-old Murray cod.

“We stood here watching that guy die about half an hour ago,” he says gesturing to the white belly of an 80cm Murray cod floating in the middle of the stream.

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