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| UpdatedTemperatures are expected to soar past 45 degrees Celsius in parts of western New South Wales this week, as another heatwave sweeps across the state.
Topics: weather, human-interest, wilcannia-2836, bourke-2840, ivanhoe-2878, menindee-2879, brewarrina-2839, cobar-2835, condobolin-2877, wee-waa-2388, lake-cargelligo-2672, dubbo-2830, orange-2800, nsw
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A proposal to ramp up releases from the Menindee Lakes is being met with outrage.
Topics: water, water-management, water-supply, broken-hill-2880, menindee-2879, wentworth-2648
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| UpdatedThe Murray-Darling Basin Authority is set to increase releases of water from the Menindee Lakes, saying it is needed to meet demand downstream.
Topics: water, water-management, water-supply, menindee-2879, mildura-3500, renmark-5341
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Take off: Leon Dwyer explains why he left his desk job to become an outback drone pilot.
Topics: rural, rivers, science-and-technology, environmental-technology, broken-hill-2880, yunta-5440, menindee-2879
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Figures showing domestic violence crime is down in far west New South Wales are misleading, according to a domestic and family violence legal service.
Topics: domestic-violence, family-law, broken-hill-2880, wilcannia-2836, menindee-2879
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The couple who established a makeshift animal sanctuary in far west New South Wales will continue fighting an eviction order at the Supreme Court next week after court-ordered mediation failed.
Topics: courts-and-trials, animals, animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, menindee-2879, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA bus operator that has been servicing the isolated city of Broken Hill in far west New South Wales for more than 80 years is selling to a nationally-operated private bus company.
Topics: community-and-society, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, broken-hill-2880, adelaide-5000, wilcannia-2836, menindee-2879
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Landholders on the lower Darling River welcome a reduction in the amount of water authorities are planning to release from the Menindee Lakes.
Topics: water-management, menindee-2879, wentworth-2648, pooncarie-2648
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| UpdatedA tourism association in far west New South Wales says it is struggling to promote the region without annual funding.
Topics: tourism, menindee-2879
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Topics: fish, environmental-management, water-management, water, agricultural-policy, murray-darling-basin, pooncarie-2648, mildura-3500, pomona-2648, menindee-2879
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An ecologist says large numbers of Murray cod larvae need more river flows to survive.
Topics: fish, fishing-aquaculture, environmental-management, water-management, water, water-supply, agricultural-policy, murray-darling-basin, pooncarie-2648, mildura-3500, pomona-2648, menindee-2879
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| UpdatedThe MDBA says it will not change the management of the Menindee Lakes despite 10 months of dry Darling River.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, water-supply, water, water-management, community-development, agricultural-policy, irrigation, menindee-2879, mildura-3500
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A profound environmental "silver lining" is winding its way down the country's river systems, all thanks to this year's devastating floods.
Topics: birds, animal-science, science-and-technology, renmark-5341, birdsville-4482, bedourie-4829, forbes-2871, winton-4735, vic, charlton-3525, kyalite-2734, goondiwindi-4390, st-george-4487, bathurst-2795, collarenebri-2833, qld, cunnamulla-4490, nsw, menindee-2879, sa
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One of a shrinking number of table grape growers at Menindee in far west New South Wales says his crop is showing signs of damage from poor-quality water.
Topics: fruit, food-and-cooking, rural, environment, food-processing, menindee-2879
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| UpdatedProperty owners near the Menindee Lakes in far-west New South Wales are being inundated with spiders now that water is flowing into the system.
Topics: invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, water-supply, water-management, menindee-2879
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The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) says it has consulted with landholders and water authorities ahead of a planned release of water to the lower Darling River.
Topics: water, water-management, water-supply, menindee-2879
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New South Wales water authorities have received a grilling at a state parliamentary inquiry into the management of waterways across the state.
Topics: water, water-management, water-supply, broken-hill-2880, menindee-2879
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Catching a fish at Menindee's annual fishing competition seems only a bonus this year, as huge flows enter a parched lake system in far west New South Wales.
Topics: water-supply, water, community-and-society, menindee-2879, broken-hill-2880, wilcannia-2836
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| UpdatedWater is flowing into one of the largest lakes in far west New South Wales for the first time in more than two years.
Topics: water, water-management, water-supply, human-interest, rural-tourism, regional, menindee-2879
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A couple who established an animal sanctuary in Menindee in far west New South Wales has been forced to go to mediation to avoid being evicted and have their sanctuary closed down.
Topics: animals, courts-and-trials, menindee-2879