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Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek urged to save Gouldian finches from NT defence development at Lee Point.
In May, citizen scientists observed more than 100 Gouldian finches at Lee Point and believe they are now breeding there.
The first stage of clearing to allow a defence housing development in savannah woodlands at Lee Point, in Darwin’s north, has already occurred, having been approved in 2019. A campaign to halt the second phase of bulldozing has won backing from residents and citizen scientists after more than 100 of the colourful finches were spotted in bushland marked for imminent clearing.
“We feel this is a world-class and much undervalued area,” said Ian Redmond, a member of the Friends of Lee Point conservation group. “We’re hoping the minister will put a pause on the development until this can be properly investigated.”
Scientists are working to develop COVID-19 vaccines that:
• provide more robust protection against new variants and sub-variants
• offer longer lasting protection
• provide similar levels of protection from a single dose
• deliver a strong response from lower doses of active ingredient
• don’t require freezing or refrigeration, and/or have an extended shelf life
• offer different routes of administration, e.g. patches or nasal vaccination via breathing in.Ancient items … Bracelet Of Tutankhamun With Scarab. Gold, Lapiz Lazuli, Carnelian, Turquoise and Quartzite.
Tutankhamun, circa 1341 – 1323 BC, was an Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the 18th Dynasty.
Pictures show Chengdu residents panic buying as the 157 Covid cases lock down 21 million people.
Car boot of a Chengdu resident. Citizens have swarmed stores to bulk buy items including vegetables and meat.
Forty years ago, Goanna’s Solid Rock song took Indigenous rights to the masses.
I love this song and the meaning of the words really came home to me when I was lucky enough to stand on the top of Mount Trafalgar in the Kimberleys where there no sign of western civilisation for 360º … I really felt a deep connection … never forgotten.
“Out here, nothing changes, not in a hurry anyway, you can feel the endlessness with the coming of the light of day.”
“And the winds of change are blowin’ down the line …
White man, white law, white gun”.More.
Indonesian tall ship celebration from 53-metre mast wows Townsville locals on its first visit to Australia.
The ceremony involves cadets climbing up 53-metre masts to sit on the spars.
There are 209 crew on board, but more than half are cadets who are expected to learn the ancient skill of celestial navigation while at sea.
The KRI Bima Suci is on its maiden voyage to Australia as part of a diplomatic and training mission and is about halfway through a 91-day voyage that began in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia before its stops in Townsville, Sydney, Cairns and Darwin.
