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Share on Twitter A delegation of Northern Territory Traditional Owners will likely testify before a federal inquiry into a massive lead and zinc mine's impacts on Aboriginal sacred sites. Glencore's McArthur River Mine - about 750km southeast of Darwin - has been dogged by environmental incidents and alleged damage to cultural sites. Committee members from the Juukan Gorge inquiry into the destruction of 46,000-year-old caves in Western Australia have travelled to tiny Borroloola, about 60km from the mine, for informal talks with concerned native title holders. "I was a bit worrie...

by Charlie Spargo Jack Green, a sprinter and hurdler who appeared at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, has joined a Sheffield start-up focused on employee health and wellbeing. Green joins as Champion Health's Head of Performance, citing his own struggles with mental health - and will be responsible for building and developing relationships with the start-up's current and new clients. Also joining is Paralympian Amy Conroy, who is made an ambassador for Champion Health. Champion Health helps businesses enhance the wellbeing of their employees, providing data-driven insights to inform wellbeing ...

McARTHUR RIVER MINE Reporter Keira Jenkins travelled to Borroloola and the land nearly 100km south of Darwin on which mining giant Glencore’s McArthur River mine continues to make controversy, with traditional owners facing the poisoning of their water and wildlife. “It is like a garden to Aboriginal people,” said Garawa elder Jack Green, who is now too scared of lead poisoning to fish in the river. Locals say the lead and zinc mine has had an enormous impact and warn that even after it closes the environmental impact will need to be monitored for 1000 years. Elder Josie Davey says: “...

BC—OA hides storage behind metal panels in renovated Soho loft Tall enclosures lined with patinated steel panels feature in this revamped apartment in New York City, designed by local architecture firm BC—OA. The project, called S-M-L Loft, is located in a cast-iron building dating from 1880 in the city's Soho district. Compartmentalised spaces are concealed behind panels New York firm BC—OA renovated the rectangular 2,500-square-feet (232-square-metres) apartment in the historic building, dividing the unit into public and private areas. One side encompasses a living room, dining room a...

For locals, the river and its banks are like a garden, having provided sustenance for generations. It also has a strong spiritual significance for the local people. Gudanji woman Josie Davey and her husband Jack Green, a Garawa man, used to fish along the banks of the river, not far from town. Now the couple say they’re too worried to fish in their usual spots. “All we know is that there could be something in this water,” Mr Green told The Point. “We had a meeting here one time and they said you can eat the fish, but only as much of the size of your hand, because they reckon the fish ...