brought to you by the new south wales government and the federal government, and the murray—darling basin authorityng the menindee lakes twice in four years, and killing the system. look behind us. these are just two of the many. this is the most disgusting thing i've ever seen in my life. in nearby menindee, population 550, residents are being forced to rely on bottled water and watch the local wildlife disappear. with each new fish kill, local fishermen graeme mccrabb has witnessed the devastation. there was just fish all the way down here in clumps and it was pretty well connected for 30 kilometres of river, just dead fish. you saw the pictures of the little boneys all in pools but they were just scattered everywhere like confetti here through this section of the river. as, a couple of days close to 50, and we dropped to about 20 degrees overnight that night. and it's hard to say, really. it's still emotional now for a lot of people, i suggest, probably two or three weeks on. with entire species of native fish under threat, government fisheries staff mounted a desperate last—minute rescue bid. b