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Agriculture is seen as a key culprit in rising emissions. Some on the land are aiming to lead by example, making their properties carbon neutral
Good morning. New analysis of Australia’s contribution to the climate crisis, the one-year anniversary of the destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters, and tensions are still high in Gaza. Plus, residents report from the heart of the mouse plague. This is Imogen Dewey with the main stories on Monday 24 May. Scott Morrison’s claim Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are falling does “not stack up”, with recent analysis finding fossil fuel...
<strong>Monday</strong>: Carbon emissions not linked to Australian land and agriculture increased by 7% in 15 years. Plus, the rural communities besieged by mice
Last modified on Wed 19 May 2021 20.04 EDT Dude Kiddâs ute barrels between a fence line and a sand dune as eagles circle over some unidentified quarry under the magic light of an outback sunset. âDid you see anything on the ground ⦠a carcass?â asks Kidd. We reply in the negative. âTheyâll be after grasshoppers.â Kiddâs Ourdel station, outside Windorah in south-west Queensland, has been in his family since 1906. Tonight Kidd (his real name is James but nobody, including him, uses it) is checking the progress of rains through the creeks and gullies that ...
The Sydney property developer Roy Medich and the Singapore-based retail magnate Brett Blundy are also small shareholders. During the six months to the end of September, it received $6.7m in jobkeeper payments, helping drive it to an operating profit of $23.5m, a dramatic improvement on the operating profit of $6.3m it declared in the same period in 2019. Higher beef prices were another major factor in the increase, which brought the company close to breaking even over all. It is weighed down by interest costs and the cost of maintaining a shuttered slaughterhouse at Livingstone, south of Darw...