Good morning. New analysis of Australia’s contribution to the climate crisis, the one-year anniversary of the destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters, and tensions are still high in Gaza. Plus, residents report from the heart of the mouse plague. This is Imogen Dewey with the main stories on Monday 24 May. Scott Morrison’s claim Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are falling does “not stack up”, with recent analysis finding fossil fuel.
<strong>Monday</strong>: Carbon emissions not linked to Australian land and agriculture increased by 7% in 15 years. Plus, the rural communities besieged by mice
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In Australia s collective mythology, the outback plays a significant role. For others, it s a mythical land of extreme beauty and adversity that shaped the Australian psyche. For some, though, this is a false myth - a tale that Australia wished to tell itself and desired to believe, of a property that had been taken from Aboriginal people, as author Alexis Wright puts it.
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What is certain is that the enormous country, which encompasses 5.6 million square kilometers and includes the Northern Territory, much of Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, and a corner of New South Wales, is one of the world s few great untamed regions.
In Guardian Australia’s new series, the Modern Outback, launching today, we examine some of the environmental and social challenges facing the outback. Protecting this land, its plants and animals, and those who care for it should be one of our top concerns. Our team of journalists and photographers meet those trying to address each of these challenges, and we also hear from those who know this land best to discover what they think the priorities should be.
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Journalists Calla Wahlquist, Josh Nicholas and Nick Evershed tried to find out who owns the outback. After months of searching, they uncover some interesting answers. The information they sourced paints a picture of increasingly consolidated land ownership in outback Australia and a growing Indigenous estate.
Man working under Jeep gets leg run over after vehicle suddenly starts rolling
By Catherine Park
Man working under Jeep gets leg run over after vehicle suddenly starts rolling
A man almost got crushed underneath an SUV he was working on when the vehicle suddenly started rolling down the driveway.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - That was a close one: A man who was working underneath his Jeep Cherokee was almost run over when the vehicle suddenly started rolling down the driveway.
Video captured on May 11 shows David Hancock diligently working underneath his red Jeep in his driveway in Anchorage, Alaska. After a few minutes pass, the Jeep suddenly starts to roll down the driveway toward the road.