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Archive for December 2nd, 2021
Tassie devil whiskers reveal gourmet past
Australian scientists are using the whiskers of Tasmanian devils to peer into the endangered marsupial’s mysterious nocturnal life. December 2, 2021 Australian scientists are peering behind closed burrow doors into the secret nocturnal lives of Tasmanian devils by studying their whiskers. Chemical clues and imprints in the endangered marsupial’s long, wiry whiskers can reveal what […]
Report slams NT youth detention conditions
Inmates at the Northern Territory’s two youth detention centres are locked in their cells for more than 23 hours a day, the NT Children’s Commissioner says. December 2, 2021 A significant increase in prisoner numbers and staff shortages at the Northern Territory’s two youth detention centres have critically impacted the ability to provide basic services […]
Virus found in outback NT desert community
The COVID-19 pandemic has reached another remote Northern Territory community, with an infection detected in Lajamanu, 900km northwest of Alice Springs. December 2, 2021 The pandemic has reached another remote Northern Territory Indigenous community, with a COVID-19 infection confirmed in the Tanami Desert. The new case is a 45-year-old fully-vaccinated man from Lajamanu, about 900km […]
Virus arrives in outback NT community
The COVID-19 pandemic has reached another remote Northern Territory community, with an infection detected in Lajamanu, 900km northwest of Alice Springs. December 2, 2021 The pandemic has reached another remote Northern Territory Aboriginal community, with a COVID-19 infection detected in Lajamanu. The new case is a 45-year-old fully-vaccinated man, bringing the current cluster to 60 cases. “This […]