Aston Brown
Rural and Regional Reporter at The Guardian Australia
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Christopher Knaus |Ariel Bogle |Michael Wade |Aston Brown |Michael Kalenderian |As credited
Karen and Gary’s son, Luke Rich, died in an ACT prison one day after he was remanded in custody when he hung himself from a hanging point on a door in his cell. He was 27 years old. Prison authorities had been warned that point could be used for that exact purpose seven years earlier.
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2 months ago |
theguardian.com | Aston Brown
On a stinking hot November day, seven years ago, Grace Vegesana and a handful of other young climate activists set up a small stage in a large square in Sydney’s CBD – and waited. Inspired by the first school striker for climate, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the high school students decided to organise their own rally. Vegesana expected a hundred people to show up. Five thousand came. “It was like, oh my God, we’ve unleashed some kind of beast, people want more,” she recalls.
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2 months ago |
theguardian.com | Camilla Hannan |Lisa Favazzo |Shelley Hepworth |Graham Readfearn |Aston Brown |Sanjana Jose
Maria Matthes, a lifelong koala conservationist, says loss of habitat and the climate crisis have threatened the endangered species in eastern New South Wales. Almost 2m hectares of forests suitable for koalas have been destroyed since 2011. They are one of more than 2,000 Australian species listed as under threat in what scientists are calling an extinction crisis
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2 months ago |
theguardian.com | Michael Kalenderian |Camilla Hannan |Lisa Favazzo |Adam Morton |Lisa Cox |Shelley Hepworth | +4 more
Australia is facing an extinction crisis. Over the next week, we will bring you stories of hope, resilience and determination as passionate volunteers across Australia stand up for Australia’s endangered species. Most parliamentarians might be surprised to learn it, but Australians care about nature. Late last year, the not-for-profit Biodiversity Council commissioned a survey of 3,500 Australians to gauge what they thought about the environment.
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Mar 29, 2025 |
msn.com | Aston Brown
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