Darling's environmental flows 'held back', say western farmers

John Ellicott
March 10 2018 - 10:30am
Chrissie and Bill Ashby on Trevallyn Station, Wilcannia, where the Darling River has run dry for almost 10 kilometres. The rest of their 80km Darling River frontage is filled by pockets of 'stinking pools'.
Chrissie and Bill Ashby on Trevallyn Station, Wilcannia, where the Darling River has run dry for almost 10 kilometres. The rest of their 80km Darling River frontage is filled by pockets of 'stinking pools'.

It’s a stark reminder not only how dry it’s been out west this year, but how little the argy-bargy over the Murray-Darling river system is doing to put water in the Darling River.

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John Ellicott

John Ellicott

senior journalist

journalist and author