After flood devastation, graziers face roads to ruin
By Julia André
Thousands of kilometres of outback Queensland roads have been destroyed by floods, forcing cattle trucks on huge detours, doubling freight bills and leaving families on remote properties feeling even more isolated.
Crippling pain hasn't slowed down Amber as she prepares to run 500km
By Bill Ormonde
Suffering severe pain from endometriosis, there are days when Amber Bryant can barely get out of bed. Yet she's about to run 500 kilometres "back home" to Broken Hill to raise money and awareness about the disease.
Residents vow to step up dust battle against multinational lithium miner
By Jon Daly, Pip Waller, and Nadia Mitsopoulos
Sleepless nights and irritated eyes and lungs — this is what residents say they're living with beside one of the world's largest lithium mines.
#MiningandMetalsIndustry #PublicHealth #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Health #JonDaly #PipWaller # #NadiaMitsopoulos
Aboriginal communities in remote NT sent bottled water after new research into fluoride exposure
By Lee Robinson
Power and Water Corporation is supplying two remote Aboriginal communities with bottled water after new research has linked higher fluoride levels in drinking water to lower IQs in children.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-01/fluoride-drinking-water-issues-nt-communities/104538948
