Tee Mitchell

Oct 5, 2024 | sbs.com.au | Madeleine Wedesweiler |Kerrin Thomas |Tee Mitchell

Each week in almost 500 communities across Australia people come together to run (or walk) a five-kilometre course. The events are known as Parkrun, and one of the most remote groups meets each week in the Bass Strait, on Flinders Island. Locals catch up and keep fit, enjoying scenic views of the beach. Rodney Pitchford has completed nearly 200 Parkruns. Source: SuppliedRodney Pitchford has been attending the Flinders Island Parkrun for almost five years — completing around 180 Parkruns since then.

Aug 23, 2024 | sbs.com.au | Tee Mitchell

A senate inquiry report has laid bare deep divisions over the future of Darwin Harbour amidst accusations of "greenwashing" and an enormous subsidy for fossil fuels. The report, tabled on Wednesday night, relates to a controversial plan to develop a major industrial precinct the Northern Territory is calling the Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct. The proposal would see 1,500 hectares cleared from a mangrove-clad peninsula called Middle Arm.