In her own heartbreaking words, a mum whose 12-year-old daughter took her own life on Mother s Day tells of her sweet, strong and kind girl s struggle to shine in a cruel world – as she issues a must-read message for every parent
Heartbroken mother opens up after her 12-year-old daughter took her own life
Lauren Rafferty tragically ended her life on Mother s Day in Wagga Wagga
Her mother Rachelle told Daily Mail Australia of a struggle to find adequate help
She is now calling on all Australians to be kinder and more generous to people
A GoFundMe page has now been set up on behalf of the grieving family
Cane toad find in southern NSW puts community on alert
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FebFebruary 2021 at 3:12am
It s unlikely cane toads will survive a southern winter, but findings should be reported to the DPI.
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The Jindera community in the New South Wales Riverina is on cane toad alert after a female was found on a property earlier this week.
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It s the first sighting of the toad so far south in NSW
Cane toads are a biosecurity risk and can harm native animals and livestock
Murray Local Land Services Manager of Biosecurity and Emergency Services Geoff Corboy said the toad was found alive but later destroyed.
Drones, thermal imaging cameras part of the high-tech search for the elusive Australasian bittern
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Researchers are keen to know more about the endangered Australasian bittern.
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In a swamp just north of Newcastle a team of researchers is on the hunt for one of Australia s most secretive wetland birds, the Australasian bittern.
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The endangered Australasian bittern is the focus of a five-year project in the Hunter Wetlands National Park
A thermal imaging camera attached to a drone is being used to spot the secretive bird
The technology has already been used successfully in the NSW Riverina
Environmental water flow reaches wetland triggering big breeding event for rare, endangered bitterns
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An Australian little bittern chick sits with an unhatched egg in the Yanga National Park.
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A bittern breeding boom in a New South Wales Riverina wetlands is being heralded as a significant step forward for the secretive water bird species.
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Environmental water is being heralded as the catalyst for the breeding event
Up to 350 gigalitres of environmental water is likely to be made available for the Murrumbidgee Valley in 2021
Last week, during a research trip to Yanga National Park on the Lowbidgee floodplain near Balranald, wildlife ecologist Matt Herring discovered the nests and live chicks of both the endangered Australasian bittern and the near-threatened Australian little bittern.
On the road again: Fanny Lumsden gears up for Fallow tour
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Advertisement We just had to use what we had, says Fanny Lumsden about the home-grown techniques that gave life to her acclaimed third album
Fallow.
Credit: It made for a really creative, amazing process she says, referring to the old stone hut where the album was recorded. Ten months after
Fallow was released, Lumsden accepted an ARIA award (best country album) in the gorgeous garden of her Tooma home, a six-hour drive from the bright lights of Sydney.