‘The river has been destroyed’: expert says agriculture has overshadowed science in the Murray-Darling Basin
An ecologist who spent 36 years with NSW Fisheries says scientists working for the government are ‘aghast’ at the state of the Darling River but can’t speak publicly
January 2024
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Menindee fish kills: inconsistent pesticide levels sparks calls for review of water testing methods
Experts call for review after two sets of water samples from the Darling-Baaka River reported by the state’s top scientific bodies contained different results
December 2023
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Rainwater tank testing near NSW’s Cadia goldmine finds unsafe levels of mercury
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‘Bracing for another fish kill’: locals sound the alarm as water quality drops at Menindee
October 2023
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‘Leaking trucks’ and ‘rotten egg gas’: Veolia’s waste project plan has Tarago furious
Residents of the small NSW town do not trust the company to safely operate the waste-capture facility planned for nearby
September 2023
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Rainwater sampling near Cadia goldmine ‘not fit for purpose’, inquiry hears
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‘Serious misinformation’ on the voice has stirred up racist attitudes, elders say
August 2023
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Emissions from dust pollution from Cadia goldmine ‘not adequately regulated’, expert says
Dr Ian Wright, who advises the NSW EPA, says failure of licence conditions to explicitly state discharge limits for heavy metals in air pollution is inadequate
July 2023
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‘We just stopped using it’: bringing back an Indigenous language through children’s books
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Newcrest’s lead contamination claims ‘inconsistent’ with expert report findings, its author says
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Government ‘realistic’ about chances in Fadden – as it happened
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Inside Cadia, the NSW goldmine at the centre of an environmental dust-up
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Cadia goldmine could be source of some lead found in water tanks, miner says
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‘There’s already anxiety’: residents living near Cadia goldmine demand answers on dust pollution
June 2023
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NSW Health tells GPs not to blanket test residents living near Cadia hill goldmine
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‘Completely unacceptable’: dust from Newcrest Cadia goldmine 11 times the regulatory limit
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Newcrest’s Cadia goldmine fails to meet clean air standards, NSW EPA finds
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A giant ‘sand slug’ born from mining and land clearing is slowly choking the Murray River
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EPA begins free rainwater testing near Cadia goldmine
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Something in the water: heavy metal contamination near NSW goldmine has health experts worried