Letters for the Environment Central Australia
@letterscentral.bsky.social
LECA is a community letter writing group based in Mparntwe - unceded central Arrernte country.
https://www.lettersfortheenvironment.com/
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It's the wet season; so far not an unusual one. These are big businesses, currently making bumper profits into a near-record high market. So why the knee-jerk subsidy (even if a pittance)?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Flooded Qld graziers to get $2m support as pilots muster stranded livestock
Floodwaters remain in outback Queensland as graziers start to tally up livestock losses. Major flooding is possible in the north-west, with king tides forecast on the east coast.
www.abc.net.au
January 2, 2026 at 11:23 PM
It's the wet season; so far not an unusual one. These are big businesses, currently making bumper profits into a near-record high market. So why the knee-jerk subsidy (even if a pittance)?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Alice News online is telling it straight.
Link to have your say on the NTG plan and also a petition calling for National Action on buffel grass in the comments.
www.alicespringsnews.com.au/posts/cattle...
Link to have your say on the NTG plan and also a petition calling for National Action on buffel grass in the comments.
www.alicespringsnews.com.au/posts/cattle...
Cattle or tourists: The buffel debate nears deadline | Alice Springs News
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www.alicespringsnews.com.au
January 2, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Alice News online is telling it straight.
Link to have your say on the NTG plan and also a petition calling for National Action on buffel grass in the comments.
www.alicespringsnews.com.au/posts/cattle...
Link to have your say on the NTG plan and also a petition calling for National Action on buffel grass in the comments.
www.alicespringsnews.com.au/posts/cattle...
West McDonnell National Park
Until recently there wasn’t 1080 baiting in NT Parks
Now it’s everywhere
The reason - to “protect the endangered rock rat from cats”
In the NT Dingoes are recognised as a native species and are supposed to be protected
Dingoes control cats more effectively than poison
Until recently there wasn’t 1080 baiting in NT Parks
Now it’s everywhere
The reason - to “protect the endangered rock rat from cats”
In the NT Dingoes are recognised as a native species and are supposed to be protected
Dingoes control cats more effectively than poison
January 1, 2026 at 10:21 PM
West McDonnell National Park
Until recently there wasn’t 1080 baiting in NT Parks
Now it’s everywhere
The reason - to “protect the endangered rock rat from cats”
In the NT Dingoes are recognised as a native species and are supposed to be protected
Dingoes control cats more effectively than poison
Until recently there wasn’t 1080 baiting in NT Parks
Now it’s everywhere
The reason - to “protect the endangered rock rat from cats”
In the NT Dingoes are recognised as a native species and are supposed to be protected
Dingoes control cats more effectively than poison
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Bullshit of the year? Renewable energy in the electricity grid, ignoring the massive increase of fossil fuels + emissions outside of it.
#renewables #endfossilfuels
stats c/o @iea.org
#renewables #endfossilfuels
stats c/o @iea.org
January 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Bullshit of the year? Renewable energy in the electricity grid, ignoring the massive increase of fossil fuels + emissions outside of it.
#renewables #endfossilfuels
stats c/o @iea.org
#renewables #endfossilfuels
stats c/o @iea.org
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Every year we see two familiar lists: famous people who died, and species declared extinct. We notice them because they’re countable. Ecosystems don’t make lists. They thin, simplify, and disappear quietly long before extinction is named.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
Why Lists of Extinction Travel Farther than Explanations
A short post naming species officially declared extinct in 2025 traveled farther than weeks of careful ecological writing.
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Every year we see two familiar lists: famous people who died, and species declared extinct. We notice them because they’re countable. Ecosystems don’t make lists. They thin, simplify, and disappear quietly long before extinction is named.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
:( Meanwhile in the NT personal fireworks are still legal on Territory Day and launched illegally all the time especially at times like NYE.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Perth teenager charged after allegedly throwing firecracker that sparked New Year’s Eve bushfire
Blaze on city’s eastern fringe contained but not controlled on Thursday with firefighters warning of risk to lives and homes
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:06 AM
:( Meanwhile in the NT personal fireworks are still legal on Territory Day and launched illegally all the time especially at times like NYE.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
2026 critical opportunities for buffel grass management
TERRITORY
Legislated Weed Management Plan
Have Your Say by Feb 12 haveyoursay.nt.gov.au/draft-buffel...
NATIONAL
Sign the petition
www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
TERRITORY
Legislated Weed Management Plan
Have Your Say by Feb 12 haveyoursay.nt.gov.au/draft-buffel...
NATIONAL
Sign the petition
www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
December 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
2026 critical opportunities for buffel grass management
TERRITORY
Legislated Weed Management Plan
Have Your Say by Feb 12 haveyoursay.nt.gov.au/draft-buffel...
NATIONAL
Sign the petition
www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
TERRITORY
Legislated Weed Management Plan
Have Your Say by Feb 12 haveyoursay.nt.gov.au/draft-buffel...
NATIONAL
Sign the petition
www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
‘In 36 years, almost half of these wetlands will be inundated with salt water, according to modelling by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.’
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
'Nature is warning us' about climate change, but 'nobody's listening'
In wet season, Jonathan and his family have to drive, boat and drive again if they want to reach town. The remote NT traditional owner says nature has long been warning us about climate change, "but n...
www.abc.net.au
December 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
‘In 36 years, almost half of these wetlands will be inundated with salt water, according to modelling by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.’
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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We can do so much better than this www.theguardian.com/environment/.... This draconian crap makes me so angry.
Queensland to continue to allow farmers to shoot flying foxes after revoking ban on controversial practice
Conservationists and scientists criticise state for backtracking and say alternative non-lethal methods such as netting are more effective
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
We can do so much better than this www.theguardian.com/environment/.... This draconian crap makes me so angry.
345 signatures! Thank you to everyone that has signed - if you haven’t already please do www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
December 28, 2025 at 4:34 AM
345 signatures! Thank you to everyone that has signed - if you haven’t already please do www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
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The infamous Hornet Bank massacre was allegedly preceded, amongst other events, by a number of Aboriginal people being killed through ingesting strychnine-laced Christmas pudding given to them by Europeans in 1856.
“Each poor poisoned wretch”: Distributing death by poison on Queensland’s colonial frontier
By Lynley Wallis We have written before about why finding evidence for frontier massacres in the archaeological record is extremely difficult. There are several reasons why this is the case, not le…
archaeologyonthefrontier.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The infamous Hornet Bank massacre was allegedly preceded, amongst other events, by a number of Aboriginal people being killed through ingesting strychnine-laced Christmas pudding given to them by Europeans in 1856.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The neo liberal NGO calendar dates
The Oct-Dec requests for support (money) and current ‘the year that was’ montages
Done
We enter a brief moment of quiet until the ‘opportunity’ of New Year resolutions triggers the next round
#unsubscribe
The neo liberal NGO calendar dates
The Oct-Dec requests for support (money) and current ‘the year that was’ montages
Done
We enter a brief moment of quiet until the ‘opportunity’ of New Year resolutions triggers the next round
#unsubscribe
December 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The neo liberal NGO calendar dates
The Oct-Dec requests for support (money) and current ‘the year that was’ montages
Done
We enter a brief moment of quiet until the ‘opportunity’ of New Year resolutions triggers the next round
#unsubscribe
The neo liberal NGO calendar dates
The Oct-Dec requests for support (money) and current ‘the year that was’ montages
Done
We enter a brief moment of quiet until the ‘opportunity’ of New Year resolutions triggers the next round
#unsubscribe
Strong article on the NT draft Buffel Weed Mgt Plan which has been hijacked by cattle industry insiders and snuck out over the summer break. (Links to the Have Your Say in comments.)
www.alicespringsnews.com.au/posts/burgoy...
www.alicespringsnews.com.au/posts/burgoy...
Burgoyne's buffel weed decision condemned | Alice Springs News
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www.alicespringsnews.com.au
December 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Strong article on the NT draft Buffel Weed Mgt Plan which has been hijacked by cattle industry insiders and snuck out over the summer break. (Links to the Have Your Say in comments.)
www.alicespringsnews.com.au/posts/burgoy...
www.alicespringsnews.com.au/posts/burgoy...
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When demand exceeds supply, solutions stop existing.
The Colorado River isn’t facing a management problem. It’s facing a biophysical one.
We can negotiate scarcity, but we can’t negotiate water that isn’t there.
apple.news/A7WBOTvnyQQm...
The Colorado River isn’t facing a management problem. It’s facing a biophysical one.
We can negotiate scarcity, but we can’t negotiate water that isn’t there.
apple.news/A7WBOTvnyQQm...
The Colorado River is on the verge of crisis. No one has a solution. — The Washington Post
The Colorado River faces a crisis as seven states struggle to agree on water-sharing rules.
apple.news
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
When demand exceeds supply, solutions stop existing.
The Colorado River isn’t facing a management problem. It’s facing a biophysical one.
We can negotiate scarcity, but we can’t negotiate water that isn’t there.
apple.news/A7WBOTvnyQQm...
The Colorado River isn’t facing a management problem. It’s facing a biophysical one.
We can negotiate scarcity, but we can’t negotiate water that isn’t there.
apple.news/A7WBOTvnyQQm...
Settler colonialism is here to stay!
Hardcore pastoralist, the divisive manager of the heavily cleared Tipperary Springs is the the new representative of the crown in the NT.
www.nationaltribune.com.au/chief-minist...
Hardcore pastoralist, the divisive manager of the heavily cleared Tipperary Springs is the the new representative of the crown in the NT.
www.nationaltribune.com.au/chief-minist...
Chief Minister announces appointment of the 24th Administrator of the Northern Territory
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro today announced the Northern Territory Government’s endorsed nominee for the 24th Administrator of the Northern
www.nationaltribune.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Settler colonialism is here to stay!
Hardcore pastoralist, the divisive manager of the heavily cleared Tipperary Springs is the the new representative of the crown in the NT.
www.nationaltribune.com.au/chief-minist...
Hardcore pastoralist, the divisive manager of the heavily cleared Tipperary Springs is the the new representative of the crown in the NT.
www.nationaltribune.com.au/chief-minist...
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Congratulations on your family contribution via Heytesbury Cattle Company to the climate crisis @simonahac.bsky.social. Industrial agriculture, particularly meat production in Australia = major contributor to the climate crisis.
#climate200 #agriculture #Australia #climatecrisis #colonialism
#climate200 #agriculture #Australia #climatecrisis #colonialism
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Congratulations on your family contribution via Heytesbury Cattle Company to the climate crisis @simonahac.bsky.social. Industrial agriculture, particularly meat production in Australia = major contributor to the climate crisis.
#climate200 #agriculture #Australia #climatecrisis #colonialism
#climate200 #agriculture #Australia #climatecrisis #colonialism
December 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
December 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Dec dirty laundry - NT draft Buffel weed mgt plan.
Minister can grant an industry wide permit for pastoral leases to be exempt from requirements of section 9E of the act.
Section 9E requirements include “comply with a weed management plan”
I.e pastoral industry is above the law while we clean up!
Minister can grant an industry wide permit for pastoral leases to be exempt from requirements of section 9E of the act.
Section 9E requirements include “comply with a weed management plan”
I.e pastoral industry is above the law while we clean up!
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Dec dirty laundry - NT draft Buffel weed mgt plan.
Minister can grant an industry wide permit for pastoral leases to be exempt from requirements of section 9E of the act.
Section 9E requirements include “comply with a weed management plan”
I.e pastoral industry is above the law while we clean up!
Minister can grant an industry wide permit for pastoral leases to be exempt from requirements of section 9E of the act.
Section 9E requirements include “comply with a weed management plan”
I.e pastoral industry is above the law while we clean up!
306 signatures!
Please click on the link, consider the case, listen to Rene Kulitja, and sign and share this ‘grass roots’ petition.
www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
Please click on the link, consider the case, listen to Rene Kulitja, and sign and share this ‘grass roots’ petition.
www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
306 signatures!
Please click on the link, consider the case, listen to Rene Kulitja, and sign and share this ‘grass roots’ petition.
www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
Please click on the link, consider the case, listen to Rene Kulitja, and sign and share this ‘grass roots’ petition.
www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
Mystified. How could the Pastoral Lands Board approve land clearing next to Giwining/Flora River, home to sawfish & pig-nosed turtles?
These species’ groundwater dependency and risks from clearing were glossed over.
An industry dominated Board is unsuitable to decide land clearing applications.
These species’ groundwater dependency and risks from clearing were glossed over.
An industry dominated Board is unsuitable to decide land clearing applications.
December 17, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Mystified. How could the Pastoral Lands Board approve land clearing next to Giwining/Flora River, home to sawfish & pig-nosed turtles?
These species’ groundwater dependency and risks from clearing were glossed over.
An industry dominated Board is unsuitable to decide land clearing applications.
These species’ groundwater dependency and risks from clearing were glossed over.
An industry dominated Board is unsuitable to decide land clearing applications.
Company gets clearing permits for fodder then applies for free groundwater for cotton.
It could secure bulk of entitlements under the notorious Georgina Wiso water plan and game water markets.
Deputy chair of regulator the Pastoral Land Board is from same company!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
It could secure bulk of entitlements under the notorious Georgina Wiso water plan and game water markets.
Deputy chair of regulator the Pastoral Land Board is from same company!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Beetaloo Station sold in historic $300m deal to CPC
Consolidated Pastoral Company spends more than $300 million to buy the Beetaloo aggregation of stations in the NT.
www.abc.net.au
December 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Company gets clearing permits for fodder then applies for free groundwater for cotton.
It could secure bulk of entitlements under the notorious Georgina Wiso water plan and game water markets.
Deputy chair of regulator the Pastoral Land Board is from same company!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
It could secure bulk of entitlements under the notorious Georgina Wiso water plan and game water markets.
Deputy chair of regulator the Pastoral Land Board is from same company!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
NSW Health resists lower blood lead guidelines for children in Broken Hill, documents reveal
“Also, where are all the royalties and other riches from the mining that has occurred in Broken Hill for more than 170 years?”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“Also, where are all the royalties and other riches from the mining that has occurred in Broken Hill for more than 170 years?”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW Health resists lower blood lead guidelines for children in Broken Hill, documents reveal
Greens MP condemns ‘pathetic’ level of funding to deal with lead contamination in state’s far west
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
NSW Health resists lower blood lead guidelines for children in Broken Hill, documents reveal
“Also, where are all the royalties and other riches from the mining that has occurred in Broken Hill for more than 170 years?”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“Also, where are all the royalties and other riches from the mining that has occurred in Broken Hill for more than 170 years?”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...