Wildlife rescuers scramble as hundreds of baby bats lie dying in outback
By Tilda Colling
Rescuers are scrambling to save as many flying fox pups as they can, as hundreds of the native bats lie dead or dying on Top End streets.
#Animals #EnvironmentalImpacts #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #ExtremeWeatherEvents #Cyclones #Conservation #Biosecurity #StateandTerritoryGovernment #VeterinaryMedicine #Habitats #RuralandRemoteCommunities #TildaColling
WA holiday-makers stick closer to home over fuel supply fears
Accommodation providers in regional WA tourism hotspots see a high number of cancellations, as holiday-makers choose to stay close to home due to fuel prices.
#PetrolPrices #TravelandTourism #TourismandLeisureIndustry #RuralandRemoteCommunities #StateandTerritoryGovernment #RegionalCommunities
Kumanjayi White's custody death investigation moves incrementally one year on
By Elsie Lange and Matt Garrick
NT police have received the independent use of force review into the death in custody of Kumanjayi White in Alice Springs in 2025.
#BlackDeathsInCustody #Police #RuralandRemoteCommunities #ElsieLange #MattGarrick
Population of NT town doubles overnight as flood evacuees arrive
By Jack Hislop
Flood evacuees from Daly River and Palumpa have been transferred from Darwin to the small town of Batchelor, where they could stay for months. Locals say they were not consulted before the town's population doubled overnight.
#Floods #DisasterandEmergencyResponse #EmergencyEvacuation #RuralandRemoteCommunities #JackHislop
The movement on the rise that police believe aided fugitive Dezi Freeman
By Joseph Dunstan
As detectives investigate whether the sovereign citizen community helped harbour police killer Dezi Freeman, researchers say the anti-government movement appears to be surging in regional Australia.
#Crime #Police #PoliticalIdeologies #Extremism #RegionalCommunities #RuralandRemoteCommunities #JosephDunstan
Artists left devastated after floods destroy renowned NT arts centre
By Courtney Barrett Peters
Artists from the remote Northern Territory community of Nauiyu are facing a devastating loss after the Merrepen Arts Centre was destroyed by recent flooding.
#AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderArt #RuralandRemoteCommunities #VisualArt #DonationBasedCrowdFunding #Floods #HumanInterest #CourtneyBarrettPeters
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