EVERY MAY MOTHER’S DAY or thereabouts, Canberra politicians, Labor, Green and Liberal, spoil the season by giving thumbs up to what they like to portray as an unremarkable slaughter of our national emblem in the nation’s capital. On public nature reserves, this involves shooting kangaroo families — mums and males —
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Mother’s Day greetings from a sanctuary
At The District Bulletin we salute all Mums and value compassion for all our animal nations, wildlife and non-wildlife. So, we thought we would share with you the following seasonal newsletter from Little Oak Sanctuary south of Bungendore. Little Oak rehomes ‘farm’ animals that are on their way to execution
Koalas and farmers the winners as Shenhua Watermark coal mine lease buyout
The conservation movement welcomes media reports that the proposed Shenhua Watermark coal mine on the Liverpool Plains will never be built. According to a report in The Sydney Morning Herald, the NSW Government is poised to buy back the mining licence from Chinese giant Shenhua. “If true, this will mark the end
Vaccines: study finds brain blood clots more likely after Covid-19 infection than after jab
Dig this: tiny echidna moves 8 trailer-loads of soil a year, helping tackle climate change
AFTER 200 YEARS of European farming practices, Australian soils are in poor shape — depleted of nutrients and organic matter, including carbon. This is bad news for both soil health and efforts to address global warming. The native Australian echidna may hold part of the solution. Echidnas dig pits, furrows and
NSW Coalition trades irreplaceable habitat for a bag of silver
WE’RE HEARING TODAY that the death of coal-fired power in Australia is inevitable for economic reasons aided by environmental concerns. Yet, away from the public gaze under the cover of COVID-19, last year NSW pushed ahead with a foreign-owned coal mining proposal that would turn sections of the rich Liverpool
In this March edition of The District Bulletin
Award-winning short film: THE FIRE
World Premiere with Q+A(Weds 17 March @ 7pm) You are invited to the World Premiere of the award-winning short film THE FIRE. Produced by the creators of KANGAROO A Love-Hate Story An incredible true story of a fire tornado that ripped through a kangaroo sanctuary, burning everything in it’s path. Featuring eyewitness video taken by Wild2Free
They are still destroying the Darling River ecology
THE DISTRICT BULLETIN with its focus on environmental and ecological news reported on the Darling River/Murray-Darling catastrophe for ecosystems and wildlife on that river that emerged in 2018–2019. Images of crying fishermen holding asphyxiated Murray Cod, and stories of communities desperately needing water along the river, riveted the nation. Export cotton
Pork Barrelling
Bushfire recovery funds in much of Eden-Monaro have lagged disturbingly as federal local representative Kristy McBain has explained on this website and elsewhere. Not to mention the lack of adequate funding for recovery of the natural environment and wildlife. Here Elizabeth Minter for Michael West Media unpacks the political party favouritism at