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.