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New travel experiences in our own backyard

The beauty of Australia is beckoning many holidaymakers to explore within their own shores.Domestic tourism has spiked since 2021 and travel trends point to further increases in 2023.Holidays in our own backyard are increasingly popular thanks to the sheer size of Australia, its diversity of landscapes and wildlife, and the…

The New Daily · Nov 29, 2022

Wildfires often lead to dust storms – and they’re getting bigger

Wildfires affect large areas of the Earth’s surface and many of their effects occur at an alarming speed. The fires that consumed half of Australia’s Kangaroo Island in 2019 left a trail of animal corpses in their wake. In 2021, wildfires burned over 2.5 million acres of land in California.

The Conversation · Nov 18, 2022

Thousands still without power after wild winds hit parts of SA yesterday

Emergency services are still responding to calls for assistance across metropolitan Adelaide after yesterday's damaging winds.

ABC News · Oct 4, 2022

Kangaroo Island joey retrieved in 'one in a million' rescue thanks to bad phone reception

Mobile phones can be crucial during emergencies, but it was only because of a black spot that this joey was able to see daylight again, after getting stuck in an old underground water tank.

ABC News · Jul 14, 2022

Critically endangered tiny marsupial that survived wildfires now facing extinction threat from feral cats

‘There are only around 500 Kangaroo Island dunnarts left in the wild’

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022

This critically endangered marsupial survived a bushfire – then along came the feral cats

The Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 pushed a host of threatened species closer to extinction, including the critically endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart. And as our research released today shows, feral cats posed a second lethal threat to the species in the weeks after the disaster.

The Conversation · Jun 16, 2022

Kangaroo Island's dunnarts were hit hard by bushfires. Now feral cats threaten them with extinction

Feral cats are picking off the endangered dunnarts that weren't already ravaged by the devastating Kangaroo Island bushfires.

ABC News · Jun 16, 2022

Feral cats a risk to endangered SA dunnart

A university study has found that feral cats are pushing the critically endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart to the brink of extinction.

AAP · Jun 16, 2022

Chapman cleared of conflict claims

The South Australian ombudsman has cleared former deputy premier Vickie Chapman of any conflict of interest over refusing a port proposal on Kangaroo Island.

AAP · May 3, 2022

Ombudsman clears former SA deputy premier Vickie Chapman of conflict of interest in Kangaroo Island port decision

The ombudsman clears Vickie Chapman of any wrongdoing in her decision as planning minister to refuse a port on Kangaroo Island.

ABC News · May 3, 2022