Ted O'Connor
Reporter and Producer at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
ABC reporter covering the East Kimberley, based in Kununurra. Secure tips: [email protected]
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Ted O'Connor
Andrew Patterson's binoculars jolt as a fluffy grey ball on spindly long legs rushes out from behind a clump of dry seaweed. "Oh there's a chick, I can see a chick," he says. He spots one, then two, newly hatched hooded plover chicks, darting about the sand on Port Fairy's East Beach in south-west Victoria. "It's always exciting to see the new ones," he says. But what's interesting to him is where the parents have placed the nest, perched on a ledge, about a metre up the dune face.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Ted O'Connor
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Oct 7, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Ted O'Connor
A project to seal a 313km stretch of a remote highway in Western Australia has exceeded its Indigenous employment target of 30 per cent. The Tanami Road sealing project began two years' ago, and its more than 100-person workforce is now 50 per cent Indigenous.
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Oct 7, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Ted O'Connor
On a construction site in Western Australia's remote far north, loader driver Kevin Long stands proud as he inspires a group of young Aboriginal jobseekers. "I wanted more in my life. So I'm chasing my dream and I'm going to keep going for it in the future," he said.
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Aug 27, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Ted O'Connor
Aboriginal leaders in the isolated East Kimberley community of Balgo are desperately trying to get more people into work to prevent feuds and substance abuse. They're looking at the Federal Government's remote work program, which aims to create economic opportunities for Indigenous people in outback areas. While the social issues are overwhelming in Balgo, those who find work say the benefits can be life changing.
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