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Protect the Martuwarra Fitzroy River before it becomes another Murray-Darling

Western Australia must protect the Martuwarra Fitzroy River before industrial water extraction damages it irreversibly, a policy expert warned May 26. The Kimberley river system, one of Australia's largest and intact, faces risk from groundwater pumping that could shrink dry-season refuge pools critical for barramundi, freshwater prawns and endangered sawfish.

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