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Conservationists and wildlife carers have called on the Andrews government to undertake a more forensic assessment of the damage from last month’s wild storm in the Dandenongs, which left dozens of animals injured and displaced.
A month after the storm uprooted thousands of trees and left entire communities without power and heating for weeks, local volunteer groups are concerned the area’s fauna and flora has been forgotten.
Wildlife carers Nicola Rae and Nell Pedzik with some wombat and swamp wallaby joeys rescued after the wild storm last month.
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Selby wildlife volunteer Nicola Rae said she had seen a “huge” increase in the number of wildlife coming into the foster care network as a result of the storm; wombats whose burrows had flooded by rising creeks, possums displaced from fallen trees and kangaroos and wallabies wandering into traffic after their habitat was disturbed.
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As the Tour de France returns to the Alps, it s time to resume my annual uphill battle for decent television reception.
Like many households, we don’t watch a lot of free-to-air television these days. Even so, the aerial on the roof still gets a good workout every winter during SBS’ three-week late night coverage of the world’s biggest cycling race, despite the trials and tribulations that come with trying to get free-to-air reception in a valley.
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