The ability of irrigators to harvest overland flows across the northern Murray Darling Basin will be slashed from July 1, without compensation.

Residents of a far west New South Wales community found tens of thousands of dead fish on the banks of Lake Menindee.

Lake Wetherell, which is the deepest and most efficient storage in Menindee’s six-lake system, was holding 116 gigalitres in July, but as of this week WaterNSW has drawn it down to just 38GL. Over the ...