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1 year, 9 months ago

Victoria Daly Mayor Brian Pedwell says authorities did not learn from past when dealing with latest flood event

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The mayor of a region from which hundreds of residents are being evacuated due to major flooding has criticised the response time from authorities, saying lessons were not learnt from the previous flooding event in the region. Key points: Brian Pedwell says more could have been done to evacuate flood-impacted residents sooner than they were He says the community has …

Community Region Residents Pedwell Daguragu Brian Pedwell Mr Paech

2 years, 1 month ago

Environmental groups say the NT government's draft water allocation plan prioritises big business at the cost of rivers

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Environmentalists are raising the alarm over a draft Northern Territory government plan which they say will let industries such as gas and cotton take an "unprecedented" level of Top End groundwater. Key points: The NT government's new draft groundwater plan says more than 250 gigalitres can be taken "sustainably" from the Georgina and Wiso basins every year Environmental groups say …

Environmental Water Gas Plan Big Draft Territory

2 years, 4 months ago

ABC 7.30: Severe erosion in the Upper Murray River

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Breathtaking shot of sky at sunset, followed by shots of the scenic high country near Corryong REPORTER: In the shadows of the high country not far from Corryong the Upper Murray winds through farmland. Two men ride down the river in a small motorised dinghy MAN: There's another problem there where… REPORTER: But while coping with the erosion is hard …

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2 years, 11 months ago

COVID outbreak in Cherbourg's Aboriginal community defies odds as peak reached

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The Aboriginal town of Cherbourg, 250 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, is seemingly defying the odds against the highly contagious Omicron variant. Key points: Fears of a rapid spread and high hospitalisations of COVID cases in the Aboriginal township of Cherbourg have not been realised Vaccination rates remain comparatively low but are rising The outbreak has created anxiety and hardship in …

Community Vaccination Local Outbreak Covid Aboriginal Cherbourg

2 years, 11 months ago

Texas 'gold leaf': The rise and fall of one of Australia's last great tobacco towns

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Dilapidated drying sheds and old photos of sun-damaged farmers smoking hand-rolled cigarettes are almost all that remains of Australia's long-dead tobacco boom. Key points: The Queensland town of Texas was one of Australia's last great tobacco centres Former Chinese gold miners and Italian prisoners of war drove the industry Australia's tobacco industry collapsed after deregulation in the 1990s In the …

Industry Tobacco Local Italian Texas Chinese Queensland

3 years, 2 months ago

Cancer patient faces homelessness in her country town amid national housing crisis

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This year Janice Williams and her husband were both diagnosed with terminal cancer and are facing their final days without a place to call home. Key points: Homelessness Australia says the pandemic has pushed more Australians onto the streets There are calls for more federal leadership and strategy to address national social housing shortages The percentage of social dwellings in …

Social Housing Social Housing States National Homelessness Cent

3 years, 4 months ago

Mungindi cut in half by Queensland's hard border and locals aren't happy

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Border town resident Laraine Nolan cannot go down the road to her local shops to get a bottle of milk or a loaf of bread without doing a 14-day quarantine. Key points: The regional town of Mungindi has been cut in half by Queensland's hard border Services are split and locals cannot go grocery shopping without a 14-day quarantine Everyone …

Border State Covid Southern Town Queensland Nsw

3 years, 6 months ago

Most peanuts Australians eat are foreign and farmers don't have the water to compete

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Roughly 70 per cent of the peanuts Australians eat a year are imported. "Our ambition as a great Australian food company is to really increase the level of Australian peanuts and become less reliant on imported peanuts," Bega Foods general manager Adam McNamara said. "The bottom line is we've got to get on with it whatever the cause is, and …

Climate Water Farmers Eat Key Queensland Abc

3 years, 7 months ago

Mouse poo contamination creates havoc for sorghum farmers and exporters

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Poo may be a small by-product of mouse plagues in NSW and Queensland, but it is having an insidious effect on the states' sorghum harvests and exports. Key points: Rodent poo is ruining sorghum crops and exports There is zero tolerance for mouse droppings in exported grain China is buying big volumes of sorghum for feed grain There is absolutely …

China Mouse Crop Grain Sorghum Australian Cameron

3 years, 7 months ago

Telstra outages leave rural residents isolated as federal MP takes on fight

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For months, a two-way radio was the only reliable form of communication on Kim and Judith Felton-Taylor's rural southern Queensland property. Key points: Rural residents report ongoing problems with their Telstra landline services, often in areas without mobile coverage Maranoa MP David Littleproud says it's the most common complaint his electorate office receives Telstra says "power and hardware faults" are …

Rural Service Telstra Jon Daly Landline Goondiwindi Maranoa

3 years, 9 months ago

$212m PFAS payout for property value loss and distress, but residents' contamination fears linger

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Federal compensation has finally reached communities with PFAS-contaminated drinking and groundwater, but the ongoing clean-up and lingering health concerns are far from over. Key points: Compensation from a landmark class action over PFAS contamination has finally reached affected communities Some landowners still living with contamination face water insecurity and health concerns The Department of Defence says there is no way …

Health Action Defence Water Department Katherine Contamination

4 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 is pushing up prices for NT mangoes, but growers are battling to pick them

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The weather is usually the biggest uncertainty for the Territory's mango growers, but this year it is the pandemic. Key points: COVID-19 has created severe labour shortages for NT mango growers Some growers are downsizing operations or picking at night to adapt The pandemic is also driving demand, with retail prices rising up to 50 per cent on last year …

Industry Labour Workers Prices Cent Mango Pick

4 years, 4 months ago

Indigenous-run work camp 'breaking the cycle of youth crime' by teaching at-risk kids bush skills

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"All kids are good," Garawa man and veteran cattleman Frank Shadforth says, as he tips his weathered Akubra to take a sip of billy tea. He oversees a new Indigenous-run work camp at his Top End station, 1,000 kilometres south-east of Darwin, teaching at-risk kids lessons a traditional classroom cannot. Mr Shadforth said time "out bush" could stop Indigenous kids …

Youth Kids Christian Station Territory Bush Katherine

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