The mighty Darling/Baaka River has lost its heartbeat. The small, regular pulses of water the river needs in between floods have been taken away.  

Too much water is allowed to be taken from the tributary rivers that feed the Darling/Baaka. That is why fish die in the millions, waterbird numbers are plummeting, and freshwater mussels have disappeared from the Baaka.  

Traditional Owners tell us of the pain they experience when the river is too low for far too long.  

Diverse local economies that have always supported river towns - floodplain grazing, tourism, recreational fishing and horticulture - are being sacrificed just to keep the massive profits of upstream cotton enterprises unsustainably inflated.  

The good news is that the NSW Government has released a report that contains the blueprint for saving the Darling/Baaka River. Now all we need is for those recommendations to be adopted.

The report outlines the bare minimum required to keep the Darling/Baaka alive – a reduction in irrigation by between four and six percent. 

Once this work is done, it is critical that the work to reconnect our rivers with their floodplains and groundwater aquifers continue, to ensure an end to unnaturally large-scale fish kills once and for all. 

Powerful lobbyists will be pressuring the government right now so they can keep their massive over inflated profits. These huge profits, often exported without paying Australian tax, are coming at the expense of the iconic Darling/Baaka River and all the amazing life, culture and diverse downstream economies it supports. 

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