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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Lake eyre - Caught on Camera

In the 1950s, to bring rain to Australia's parched interior, engineers proposed flooding Lake Eyre through a 320-km ocean canal, but the water would rapidly evaporate

Australia once considered a massive canal to create an inland sea at Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre. Engineers revisited this macro-engineering concept during the mid-20th century for economic development. Modern science explored new technologies for filling the lake and reducing evaporation. These newer concepts focused on biosaline agriculture and renewable energy infrastructure.…

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Australian father and son were stranded in the outback for 12 hours after a storm trapped their car; billionaire Tim Roberts, who happened to be flying his helicopter, rescued them

A father and son from Melbourne found themselves lost for twelve hours in the stark South Australian outback after their vehicle sank into mud due to a fierce storm. Their fate caught the attention of billionaire Tim Roberts, who, after hearing their situation at a pub, took to the skies…

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Torrential rains created devastating inland seas in outback Queensland. Soon, they will fill Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre

The small Queensland town of Eromanga bills itself as Australia’s town furthest from the sea. But this week, an ocean of freshwater arrived.

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‘Inland lakes’ as Queensland’s western outback drenched with a year’s worth of rain

Flood waters are expected to take weeks to flow into Lake Eyre and north-east South Australia after widespread wet weather

The Guardian - AU

Gas, oil ban for remote ecosystem, years after promise

The Queensland government has banned new oil and gas developments in the Lake Eyre basin's rivers and floodplains, almost a decade after an election promise.

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Queensland to ban new oil and gas drilling in Lake Eyre basin rivers and floodplains

Steven Miles has delivered on two of the environment movement’s most pressing concerns within a week of being sworn-in as premier

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Consultation to begin on future of Queensland's fragile Lake Eyre Basin

The Lake Eyre plan commits the Queensland government to restore protections in the wild rivers and ultimately limit gas exploration in the Channel Country.

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Agricultural sector joins fight to protect Queensland’s wild rivers from gas fields

Grazier says oil and gas industry largely self-enforce regulations in the Lake Eyre basin with no consequences for non-compliance

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Traditional owners, advocates say federal Threatened Species Action Plan will not stop central Australia extinctions

The Threatened Species Action Plan neglects almost all of central Australia, advocates say, and could spell disaster for the Lake Eyre Basin and its endangered wildlife.

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Qld urged to speed up Lake Eyre protection

Activists are calling on the Queensland government to publicly release its assessment of plans to protect the Lake Eyre Basin before Christmas.

AAP

Leaders urged to protect Lake Eyre rivers

Environmental groups and farmers are worried about major environmental concerns about the impact of gas developments on the Lake Eyre basin.

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The magnificent Lake Eyre Basin is threatened by 831 oil and gas wells – and more are planned. Is that what Australians really want?

The heart-shaped Lake Eyre Basin covers about one-sixth of Australia. It contains one of the few remaining pristine river systems in the world.

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Future gas exploration in Lake Eyre could upset the 'greatest desert river system in the world' forever

The gas industry has been mining Australia's Lake Eyre Basin for decades, but possible future extraction techniques like fracking could devastate its fragile ecosystem.

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$Qld fracking risks leaving assets stranded$

Qld fracking risks leaving assets stranded

A new report from an anti-fracking group says projects in the Lake Eyre basin are unviable, as evidenced by one energy company recently abandoning its plans.

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Gas production costs in Queensland's Lake Eyre Basin will be 'staggering', report claims

A report commissioned by an environmental group claims gas extraction in Queensland's Lake Eyre Basin will cost millions, but proponents say the fossil fuel has an important role in Australia's transition to renewable energy.

The Guardian - AU

Fracking in Lake Eyre the ‘height of folly’, report suggests

Economic analysis suggests any proposal to allow fracking in Queensland basin would not be commercially viable

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Outback in bloom as floodwaters travel hundreds of kilometres into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre

Floodwaters are a "tonic" for the deserts of central Australia. From wildflowers to bird life and the rare watering of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, it's leaving tourists gobsmacked.

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Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre tourists turn back as Level Post Bay's public track closed in peak season

Level Post Bay marks the deepest point of the lake when it fills, a prime destination for outback adventurers. But its public access route has been closed throughout much of the latest flooding event.

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Plane with four on board makes emergency landing near Lake Eyre in SA outback

A light plane with four people on board is forced to make an emergency landing near Lake Eyre in South Australia's far north.

The Guardian - AU

‘Absolutely amazing’: Lake Eyre dances with colour thanks to big La Niña rains

Rainfall not seen over South Australia’s vast desert lake since the 80s has brought it to spectacular life

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Lake Eyre begins filling with water much to the delight of graziers, businesses and tourists

Recent rain over Australia's inland Channel Country is breathing new life into the Lake Eyre Basin, with graziers and businesses excited for a big year ahead.

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