#environmentalflows — Public Fediverse posts

{updated govt responsible]
Yes, of course, it’s the Federal govt’s water buy-back scheme that is at fault. No, nothing to do with growing a thirsty crop on the driest Continent on earth or the #ClimateCrisis and the resulting droughts we are experiencing as a result of man made emmissions (with more to come with forecasted El Ninio events — have I got that right?)

No, nothing at all. Shame on the govt for hoarding water like that.
#WaterBuyBack #NSWPol #EnvironmentalFlows #MurreyDarlingBasin #EcosystemInCrisis #ConservationEfforts #AustralianFauna #AustralianFlora #SpeciesExtinction #AusPol #RiceCrops #RegionalJobs #ClimateAction #RiverinaDistrict #NearNetZero

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/sunrice-riverina-job-cuts/107026752

‘We don’t hear the frogs, we don’t see the birds’:
government repeatedly delayed water to NSW wetlands, documents reveal

"The New South Wales government has routinely delayed environmental flows to critical wetlands in the state’s north-west in favour of farming, despite admitting it could harm the breeding cycles of frogs and endangered birds and damage local ecosystems."

“I was furious when I saw the impact that delaying the delivery of environmental water is having on the wetlands and the thousands of waterbirds and other animals that rely upon healthy wetland ecosystems to survive." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/02/nsw-government-delayed-water-wetlands-documents-reveal

#biodiversity #ecosystems #conservation #Ramsar #wetlands #GwydirWetlands #NSW #EnvironmentalFlows #birds #frogs #turtles #waterbirds #MassMortalities #irrigation #governance

Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds

“Quite simply the environment is the loser along with the taxpayer...The failure to implement what was promised means that turtles, fish and wetlands die.”

The Greens environment spokesperson, Sarah Hanson-Young, said the report “makes it abundantly clear that despite millions of dollars being splashed around, it has not gone to protecting the river”. >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/23/governments-failed-to-deliver-160m-of-river-improvements-including-for-now-parched-nsw-wetlands-report-finds
#water #wetlands #failure #MDB #biodiversity #wildlife #EnvironmentalFlows #ecosystems #rivers #NSW #RAMSAR #governance

WaterNSW criticised for ‘appalling’ decision after hundreds of turtles left to die in wetlands

"Environmental flows refer to water released by the government from dams and tributaries into rivers and ecosystems to restore their health. The Gingham watercourse is home to three turtle species, the broad-shelled turtle, the Murray River turtle and the eastern long-necked turtle."

"Cutmore said she was “not happy with what’s gone down” and was concerned irrigators were “calling the shots over and over”.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/21/water-nsw-criticised-for-appalling-decision-after-hundreds-of-turtles-left-to-die-in-wetlands
#biodiversity #turtles #wetland #EnvironmentalFlows #irrigation #cotton #NSW #wildlife #water #extractivism

‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands

"...The sudden cessation of flows by WaterNSW had resulted in the deaths of many native animals that relied on the wetlands to survive." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/18/incomprehensible-birds-flee-and-hundreds-of-turtles-left-to-die-after-government-cuts-water-to-nsw-wetlands

#Moree cotton >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/search?query=moree%20cotton

#water #wetlands #ecosystems #biodiversity #NSW #Ramsar #wildlife #turtles #birds #Moree #GwydirWetlands #governance #EnvironmentalFlows