Lily McCure

Jan 11, 2025 | abc.net.au | Lily McCure

A grazier locked in an ongoing battle to get a vital piece of Australia's wild dog barrier fixed says he has been left with no other option but to sell his property. Warning: this article contains images that readers may find distressing. Funding to fix a 32-kilometre-long gap in the wild dog fence, which prevents dingoes and wild dogs from getting to livestock, was announced five years ago.

Dec 1, 2024 | abc.net.au | Lily McCure |David Claughton |Michael Condon

A report has found that the $13 billion investment into the Murray Darling basin is "failing". The report released by the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists found that across 27 indicators used to measure the effectiveness of the basin plan, 74 per cent showed no improvement or a decline in conditions. The report has provided recommendations for the Murray Darling Basin Plan, which is expected to be reviewed in 2026.

Nov 21, 2024 | abc.net.au | Lily McCure

With a large spoon and a handful of old ice-cream containers, Jill McNamara sets out for a morning of salt harvesting. Nestled amongst the dusty landscape of outback New South Wales, her 344-hectare salt lake is glaringly white, pristine, and appears like an ice skating rink. It is a striking contrast to the red earth that surrounds it. The lake once thought of as a "waste of country" is now a valuable resource that Ms McNamara uses for business.

Oct 29, 2024 | abc.net.au | Lily McCure

Abandoned apricots and vines laden with flowering grapes edge the Darling River as it meanders through the small Far West New South Wales town of Menindee. The river is of great importance to the community — something Tony Lombardo knows well. He is an orange and table grape grower, whose father moved to the region in the 1960s, bringing his horticultural skills from Italy.

Oct 25, 2024 | abc.net.au | Lily McCure

Administering your own at-home, six-hour-long dialysis treatment three times a week is no easy task under normal circumstances but, for the past week, kidney patient Leroy Johnson has been trying to manage it amid rolling blackouts. The Barkindji-Malyangaapa man was one of thousands of people in Far West NSW left in the dark late last week when a freak storm rolled through and cut the power in its wake.