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Desert Keeper: The ranger caring for country for three decades
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (148+ words) VIDEO: Desert Keeper: The ranger caring for country for three decades ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation VIDEO: Desert Keeper: The ranger caring for country for three decades The lone ranger of Queensland's largest national park is handing in his…...
Birdsville's lone ranger retires after three decades as keeper of the desert
8+ hour, 14+ min ago (1170+ words) Don Rowlands is the keeper of Central Australia's vast Simpson Desert. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of people who have died. When he closes his eyes, the wind gives way to older sounds,…...
Suburban landfill set to close six years after it caught fire
1+ mon, 12+ hour ago (699+ words) Barro Group has operated the Sunshine Landfill on the banks of the Maribyrnong River at Kealba for more than a decade. (Facebook: Sunshine Landfill) A tip in Melbourne's western suburbs marred by underground spot fires for nearly seven years will…...
Simpson Desert has never looked better but where are the tourists?
2+ mon, 12+ hour ago (962+ words) On a winter's day in one of the country's most isolated towns, only a scattering of intrepid travellers have arrived to see the desert in flood. It is strange for this time of year. Birdsville should be stirring with the…...
Homesick, lonely, newly single: Why people are turning to friendship events
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (1325+ words) As social dynamics change, more people are turning to organised friendship. (ABC News: Peter Mullins) "What have I done?" Amy Lute's nerves were at an all-time high as she committed to spending an evening with a group of strangers at…...
Savannah Guthrie says family in 'agony' amid ransom note reports
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (528+ words) Savannah Guthrie has made an emotional appeal to viewers to come forward with any information about her missing mother, saying her family is in "agony". Nancy Guthrie, 84, went missing on Feburary 1 and newly reported ransom notes suggest she is dead....
Coming up: Desert Sanctuary
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (82+ words) Australian Broadcasting Corporation Six artists spend a week on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert, painting alongside Warlpiri rangers and scientists in a sanctuary for animal species at risk. A joyful solution to climate grief. Coming up 6:30pm Sunday 7 June…...
What is hantavirus and how serious is the cruise ship outbreak?
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (91+ words) AUDIO: What is hantavirus and how serious is the cruise ship outbreak? Australian Broadcasting Corporation AUDIO: What is hantavirus and how serious is the cruise ship outbreak? Multiple countries are on alert after a hantavirus outbreak on board an Atlantic…...
Inquest into cold case hears man who hid teenager's body also lied to police
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (622+ words) Rebecca Richardson, 15, was last seen at Gin Gin in November 1998. (Supplied: Jessica Richardson) A coronial inquest has opened in Gladstone investigating the circumstances of teenager Rebecca Richardson's 1998 disappearance. No-one has ever been sentenced for her murder, but Jody Martin Van…...
'Officer safety is non-negotiable': Cops demand answers over trackable tasers
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (880+ words) The issue affects bluetooth-enabled tasers and body-worn cameras. (Four Corners: Sissy Reyes) Police unions are demanding urgent action to protect officers following the revelation that a security flaw with Axon tasers and body-worn cameras allows officers to be tracked. Four…...