NSW govt blames weather for fish kill

By Tom Rabe
Updated January 24 2019 - 6:51pm, first published 6:47pm
Niall Blair has blamed the weather, Canberra and the Murray-Darling Basin Authority for fish deaths.
Niall Blair has blamed the weather, Canberra and the Murray-Darling Basin Authority for fish deaths.

The NSW government has blamed the weather for an "unprecedented" fish kill at Menindee but the regional water minister has admitted if he could go back in time he would turn off valves to prevent the system drying out.