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A Commissioner Is the Only Way to Save It. - The Ballina Environment Society, alongside Richmond Landcare and a growing coalition of local legends and river advocates, is calling for the immediate appointment of a Richmond River Commissioner with the statutory authority and dedicated funding necessary to rescue our dying waterway. Photo: Damien Maher from Southern Cross University. Dead fish in the Richmond River, downstream of Tuckean barrage at Bagotville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6915332cc8c93a7b47893228/1e7714d7-bdb5-400c-b0ec-81cf0055779e/Richmond-River-Report-Card.jpg NEWS - The Richmond River Is Dying. A Commissioner Is the Only Way to Save It. - The Richmond River catchment spans multiple local government areas — and that is precisely where the structural problem lies. No single body holds the authority, mandate, or dedicated funding to coordinate a catchment-wide response. Environmental programs that should operate across the whole river are instead negotiated piecemeal, by councils with competing priorities, limited resources, and no unified plan. This fragmentation has allowed MBO remediation, riparian buffer restoration, and agricultural pollution management to fall through the cracks, repeatedly and at great cost to the river's health. Image: River Ecology Australia, Report Card Spring 2024 and Autumn 2025 - https://www.riverecology.com.au/richmond-river-ecological-health-program https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6915332cc8c93a7b47893228/ef73ca23-1e64-46be-9d5a-49afd1c20f31/NBN+news-250326-Richmond+River.jpg NEWS - The Richmond River Is Dying. A Commissioner Is the Only Way to Save It. - The Richmond River ‘is dying’ – that’s according to local experts who are taking their fight to the state government. They say toxic build up is causing irreparable harm to the region’s marine life. 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