Victoria Ellis

Indigenous rangers are "the eyes and ears for north Australia", keeping wildlife safe from ghost nets and coastlines free from rubbish. Technology is giving them new ways to watch the coasts.

On a busy day more than 800 fly-in fly-out workers can pass through the dining hall at this mine in the Northern Territory's Tanami Desert, and feeding them is a mammoth task.

Swimmers are splashing in the Todd River and a resident has been flooded in as the southern NT welcomes a wet start to summer.

The number of brush-tailed and burrowing bettongs surveyed at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary in central Australia has nearly doubled since last year.

In Australia's Red Centre, seafood had to be trucked more than 1,500 kilometres from the northern and southern coasts — and as the price of fuel skyrockets, fishmongers are being forced to pass on the cost.

Farmers need workers, and thanks to TikTok and Instagram many are emerging wanting to be a ringer, spending their days mustering cattle in dusty paddocks under wide-open skies.

The Tjuwanpa Women Rangers have taken up arms to protect native animals from feral predators in central Australia and have been sharpening their shooting skills.

A technical working group is being established by the Northern Territory government to assess the impacts of buffel grass and explore how it is to be managed in Central Australia. 

How to cook, maintain a lawn and keep a budget are some of the life skills that will be taught at a new house opened at a special school in Victoria — largely thanks to donations and volunteer work — to help students prepare for independent living.

One third of more than 60 drownings recorded this summer have occurred in lakes, rivers and dams. A pilot program being rolled out in the Riverina is aiming to give young people the skills they need to stay safe.