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ABC News
5 days ago
- Health
- ABC News
SA Algal Bloom: 'Any way you look at it, what is happening here is a national disaster'
On today's program: South Australia's government has announced it will match the Commonwealth's $14 million funding package to help the state grapple with its toxic algal bloom outbreak. The $28 million package spans science and research, clean-ups, industry and community support and communications. But what caused the bloom is yet to be nailed down. This is all happening in the part of the world that Dr Mike Bossley has made his life work. "It's very concerning to see an ecosystem dying in front of your eyes. As someone who has spent most of my adult life trying to protect the ocean it's having a huge emotional impact not just on me but anyone who loves the ocean." Reporter: Sinead Mangan with cetacean researcher and environmentalist Dr Michael Bossley The remote Aboriginal community of Gunbalanya is reeling after the NT government quietly reallocated $20 million of funding that was promised for a new health centre. The current facility is so dilapidated and inappropriate that many patients avoid it altogether, delaying preventative treatment and sometimes ending up at Royal Darwin Hospital. Adding to concerns is the fact the main road into town travels over the notorious Cahills Crossing, which is frequently flooded by saltwater crocodiles, blocking road access in the case of emergencies. Reporter: Samantha Dick (Darwin) Accurate weather forecasting has always been a challenge for the Victorian town of Mansfield because of its proximity to the Great Dividing Range. Fed up with the inaccurate forecasts from a station 30 kilometres away, the community has banded together to build their own weather tower. Reporter: Coco Veldkamp and Callum Marshall (Shepparton)
ABC News
16-06-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Concern flood maps don't account for the real risk of climate change
On today's show: Flooding has become more commonplace in some parts of Australia, with big weather events washing out homes and destroying farmlands and businesses, particularly in regional Australia. One way of predicting the impact of large rain events on communities is flood mapping. The government body that collates data about flooding is the Australian Rainfall and Runoff and recently they updated their guides to account for climate change. The organisation finds what was previously thought of as a worst-case scenario, 20 per cent rain increase annually by the end of the century, is now a best-case scenario. But there is concern that flood maps are not reflecting the real risk of climate change and the potential impacts that it could have on future flood risk. Reporter: Sinead Mangan with civil and environmental engineer Alan Hoban The felling of what is estimated to be hundreds of tingle trees in a burn last December has sparked fresh calls for a review of prescribed burning in WA. Reporter: Andrew Chounding (Albany) Orroroo in South Australia's mid north is a town with no fuel. Three hours from Adelaide, Orroroo has been without fuel for more than a week. Combined with drought and recent dust storms, locals are worried that the lack of fuel could leave them vulnerable. Reporter: Viki Ntafilis (Port Pirie)
ABC News
11-06-2025
- Business
- ABC News
Historic Kalgoorlie pipeline set for over half billion upgrade
On today's show: The Kalgoorlie pipeline is one of the nation's great infrastructure projects. It's up there with the Snowy Mountain scheme and the Overland telegraph line as a visionary nation building project. The WA State Government has announced it will spend more than half a billion dollars upgrading the capacity of the historic Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Water Minister Don Punch says 543 million dollars will be allocated in the forthcoming State Budget to increase its daily capacity by more than 7 million litres by 2027. Reporter: Sinead Mangan with Jarrod Lucas (Kalgoorlie) A third vigil has been held in Alice Springs to demand "justice" after Kumanjayi White's death in police custody last month. Many members of Mr White's home community of Yuendumu travelled hundreds of kilometres to be at the vigil, which saw the crowd walk to the Coles supermarket where the young Warlpiri man died. Mr White's family members repeated calls for the NT Police Force to hand over their investigation into his death to an independent body. Reporter: Sinead Mangan with ABC Indigenous Affairs reporter Carly Williams The GoodSam app recruits everyday people to respond to a cardiac arrest before an ambulance arrives. New South Wales GoodSam volunteers have saved more than 50 lives since 2023. When Geoff Percival collapsed in cardiac arrest and his partner called triple-0, a paramedic was not the first responder; it was neighbour Ashlin Fisher. Reporter: Christien de Garis (Bega) The tariff war between the US President Donald Trump and China has had an upside for Australian farmers with Beijing restaurants and shops swapping out US beef for Aussie beef. Reporter: Sinead Mangan and Alex Hyman, talent Beef Central publisher and co-founder Jon Condon.
ABC News
20-05-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Nationals call it quits on decades-long coalition with Liberals
On today's show: The Nationals will split from the Liberal Party after days of negotiations between the two sides failed to result in a coalition agreement, breaking with a century-long tradition. Reporter: Sinead Mangan with Professor Linda Botterill visiting fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU and author of The National Party - Prospects for the great survivors The SES is warning that major flooding on the New South Wales mid north coast could reach 2021 levels, with more heavy rain expected over the coming days. Reporter: Keely Johnson (Newcastle) While torrential rain lashes eastern Australia, conditions could not be more different at Yvette McKenzie's New South Wales Riverina sheep farm. Sheep and cattle farmers are selling off stock, and crop farmers are dry sowing, as southern NSW's drought begins to take hold. Reporter: Emily Doak (Wagga Wagga) For some coal-mining families, a retirement and old age by the coast or in the city sounds idyllic. But others are choosing to stay in the made-for-mining towns where they've built a life and community. The lack of residential aged-care in some of the Bowen Basin's younger mining communities has left home-care services to cover the gaps. Reporter: Liam O'Connell (Mackay)
