The mass death of fish on the Darling River in NSW. Photo: AAP/Supplied by Kate McBride

News

"Catastrophic": fish kills triggered by water over-use and drought

Scientists have found a lack of water in the Darling River system – due to the drought and excess use by irrigators – led to the death of millions of fish.

Politics

Speirs faces no confidence call

Environment Minister David Speirs will today face the first “no confidence” motion of the current parliamentary term, as Labor lashes the embattled frontbencher for the third day running.

News

Speirs' own letters undermine his Murray-Darling claims

The Marshall Government’s claims that embattled Environment Minister David Speirs was denied “procedural fairness” are undermined by letters he sent both the Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission and a separate Productivity Commission inquiry, opposing any new strategy for recovering 450 gigalitres of environmental flows under the basin plan.

Politics

'Royal Commissioner is not God': Speirs' rearguard action as Labor targets seat

Labor has today ramped up its pursuit of embattled Environment Minister David Speirs, bombarding his southern suburbs electorate with propaganda criticising his performance on water security as state parliament opened amid a cacophony of controversy that saw five Opposition frontbenchers evicted in the first hour.

Opinion

Sorry minister, Mother Nature doesn’t do compromise

Compromise might by the soul of politics, but the needs of our threatened environment – from Kangaroo Island to the River Murray – must come first, writes Conservation Council chief executive Craig Wilkins.