Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann. Photo supplied
Senior Australian of the Year and Indigenous artist and educator, Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann, will be a headline guest at Renew Fest in May this year.
Miriam Rose, who is from the N gangiwumirr language group in Nauiyu (Daly River) country of the Northern Territory, is well known for bringing the Indigenous way of ‘dadirri’ (translated as ‘deep listening’) to mainstream Australia.
Festival director Ella Rose Goninan says, ‘Deep listening has been a core value for Renew Fest since its very beginning, and was directly inspired by Miriam Rose’s work, so we are very humbled and excited to have Miriam Rose join us this year. There is so much to learn from her, and from Indigenous ways of listening to the Earth, each other, and our hearts’.
A young man is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a crocodile in the NT
The man, in his early 20s, was bitten on his leg by the crocodile on the Daly River
In January a 4.5m crocodile was found along the same river before being caught
The Nauiyu community and the Daly River have been flooded since last week
Last month the remains of a fisherman who was killed by a crocodile were found
Evacuated Jilkminggan residents remain stranded as NT floodwaters begin to ease
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The community of Jilkminggan was evacuated on Thursday, due to the rapidly rising water levels of the Roper River.
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Emergency services say a remote Northern Territory community has been lucky to avoid damage from rising floodwaters, but residents face an anxious wait before they can return.
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Authorities say the community avoided inundation
But many anxious residents are keen to return home
Australians should brace themselves for more wet weather ahead as La Niña conditions continue well into the autumn.
The country has shivered through its coolest and wettest summer in five years but experts said there will be no sign of a reprieve in the coming months.
Bureau of Meteorology climatologist Dr Andrew Watkins said the atmospheric phenomenon will keep the rain falling in March and April - particularly on the eastern coast.
Australians should brace themselves for wet months ahead with La Niña conditions to continue well into the autumn months. Pictured: Man runs past Sydney Harbour Bridge 2020
Hundreds evacuated from Jilkminggan as Top End flooding continues
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The community of Jilkminggan was evacuated on Thursday, due to the rapidly rising water levels of the Roper River.
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Flooding has cut off access to the Aboriginal community of Jilkminggan, south of Katherine, prompting an operation to evacuate residents.
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Authorities have moved about 250 people to Mataranka
Access to Jilkminggan is cut off and the public has been advised to stay away until it is declared safe
NT Police said around 250 people were stranded when rapidly rising waters surrounded the community on Thursday.