Lillian Rangiah

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Lillian Rangiah |Emma Haskin

A group of grocery wholesalers and distributors are hoping to halt federal Labor's planned remote food subsidy scheme, raising concerns the policy will force them out of business and unfairly benefit major supermarkets. The group, which includes IGA owners Metcash, says it will seek an injunction from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on the scheme.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Anisha Pillarisetty |Lillian Rangiah |Victoria Ellis

Heavy rain across Central Australia has been welcomed by residents after a hot summer. Residents are enjoying rare scenes of water flowing down Uluru and the Todd River flowing through Alice Springs. The  Bureau of Metereology says flooding is expected to ease from Wednesday across most of the southern part of the Northern Territory. Heavy rain over the past fortnight has brought relief to many Central Australian residents after a scorching summer.

Jan 5, 2025 | abc.net.au | Lillian Rangiah

Communities on the Gove Peninsula are trying to build a local tourism industry, as they look to diversify the region’s economy away from mining. The sudden departure of a major aerospace project has also reignited debate about the region’s economic future. Local industry stakeholders believe yacht and cruise tourism could be part of the solution.  The colours are so vivid, it's hard to believe they're real. A crystal blue sea laps at a yellow beach, surrounded by a canopy of tropical-green bush.

Nov 22, 2024 | abc.net.au | Lillian Rangiah

Native title holders say they are insulted by the NT government's decision to approve a plan to drill nine new gas wells in the Beetaloo Basin before they've decided whether to support the project. Lands, Planning and Environment Minister Joshua Burgoyne signed off on Empire Energy's Environment Management Plan (EMP) last week, which would see the new wells drilled along with a raft of infrastructure to support gas production for export.

Nov 1, 2024 | abc.net.au | Lillian Rangiah

Under the glaring sun of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a young Indonesian woman climbs scaffolding erected on the beach. Nirmala Syarifuddin is one of a few women working on a large project to re-create a traditional "pinisi" boat, like those used by the Macassan traders who once set sail from her home of modern-day Indonesia. Across the Banda and Arafura seas, Gumatj elder Timmy Burrawanga sings in language at his family's ancestral Bawaka homeland in north-east Arnhem Land.