This week we’ve got a big program lined up about a little project, you might not have heard much about: The Wilcannia Weir replacement.

A new weir for Wilcannia, a small town located on the Darling-Baaka River, has been a project that has been on the table for over 50 years and attempted many times. In 2018, it seemed the project would finally be delivered and after two years of consultation the community had agreed upon a design.

But late last year the project was thrown into disarray...

This two part series tells the story of how a community went from being united with a government vision on their town weir to now opposing its construction…  

This week we’ve got a big program lined up about a little project, you might not have heard much about: The Wilcannia Weir replacement.
A new weir for Wilcannia, a small town located on the Darling-Baaka River, has been a project that has been on the table for over 50 years and attempted many times. In 2018, it seemed the project would finally be delivered and after two years of consultation the community had agreed upon a design.
But late last year the project was thrown into disarray...
This two part series tells the story of how a community went from being united with a government vision on their town weir to now opposing its construction…

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Episode 58: What happened to Wilcannia's Weir? Part 1

This week on water watch we speak with Zena Cumpston, artist and co-curator of the contemporary art exhibition Ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together) that opened at the Broken Hill City Art Gallery last week.

The exhibition brings together six Barkandji/Barkindji artists including Nici Cumpston, Zena Cumpston, David Doyle, Kent Morris, Adrianne Semmens and Raymond Zada. with works inspired by Barkandji/Barkindji Country, as a Mother and active participant in the project.

View the works online at https://www.ngaratya.com.au/

Hosted by Krystle Evans and Megan Williams

This week on water watch we speak with Zena Cumpston, artist and co-curator of the contemporary art exhibition Ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together) that opened at the Broken Hill City Art Gallery last week.
The exhibition brings together six Barkandji/Barkindji artists including Nici Cumpston, Zena Cumpston, David Doyle, Kent Morris, Adrianne Semmens and Raymond Zada. with works inspired by Barkandji/Barkindji Country, as a Mother and active participant in the project.
View the works online at <a href="https://www.ngaratya.com.au/">https://www.ngaratya.com.au/</a>
Hosted by Krystle Evans and Megan Williams

Episode 64: Ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together) at the Broken Hill City Art Gallery

Last week, the anticipated interim report from the NSW Connectivity Expert Panel was published with a stirring response from irrigators and environmentalists alike. 

If you listened to our episode last week, you’d know that we had the opportunity to sit down with the NSW Minister for Water Rose Jackson about the Wilcannia Weir replacement project, but we also spoke to her about this report. 

The connectivity expert panel was born out of a recommendation from the NSW Office of the Chief Scientist and Engineers Report into the 2023 Menindee Mass Fish kills, as well as departmental obligations to re-make the Barwon Darling Water Sharing plan by June 2025. 

In this episode we cover the big picture analysis of this report and responses to it.

Last week, the anticipated interim report from the NSW Connectivity Expert Panel was published with a stirring response from irrigators and environmentalists alike. 
If you listened to our episode last week, you’d know that we had the opportunity to sit down with the NSW Minister for Water Rose Jackson about the Wilcannia Weir replacement project, but we also spoke to her about this report. 
The connectivity expert panel was born out of a recommendation from the NSW Office of the Chief Scientist and Engineers Report into the 2023 Menindee Mass Fish kills, as well as departmental obligations to re-make the Barwon Darling Water Sharing plan by June 2025. 
In this episode we cover the big picture analysis of this report and responses to it.

Episode 63: NSW Connectivity Expert Panel (feat. Water Minister Rose Jackson)

We had the privilege this week of sitting down with NSW Water Minister Rose Jackson to talk through a number of state water management issues.

And it has been a really big week of announcements with the much-awaited release of the Connectivity Expert Panel’s interim report which assesses the rules in all northern Basin water sharing plans… this report was born from last year's mass fish deaths at Menindee and it aims to bring the rules for upstream extraction back to a sustainable level. 

But we are going to save that big topic for next week… instead we are going to follow up with our promise to take questions to the NSW Water Minister Rose Jackson about the Wilcannia Wier replacement project.

We also hear from Midura City Councilllor Jason Modica who is the chair of region 4 of the Murray Daring Association. He’ll be discussing the upcoming Basin Forum which will be held in Mildura next week. 

We had the privilege this week of sitting down with NSW Water Minister Rose Jackson to talk through a number of state water management issues.
And it has been a really big week of announcements with the much-awaited release of the Connectivity Expert Panel’s interim report which assesses the rules in all northern Basin water sharing plans… this report was born from last year's mass fish deaths at Menindee and it aims to bring the rules for upstream extraction back to a sustainable level. 
But we are going to save that big topic for next week… instead we are going to follow up with our promise to take questions to the NSW Water Minister Rose Jackson about the Wilcannia Wier replacement project.
We also hear from Midura City Councilllor Jason Modica who is the chair of region 4 of the Murray Daring Association. He’ll be discussing the upcoming Basin Forum which will be held in Mildura next week.

Episode 58: What happened to Wilcannia's Weir? Part 1

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