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Meanwhile, away from the @elonmusk & @realDonaldTrump spat, in news from people w/o power... important refugee reporting in @GuardianAus by @BenDohertyCorro in PNG, w/pix by @mpbowers :
“How long do we wait? What will happen to us? We deserve answers.”
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Heads-up. The talented cartoonist @meganjherbert will be joining @mpbowers on #TalkingPictures on #Insiders tomorrow. So, set your alarms for 9.50am. 😊 #auspol
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I went for a long drive around western NSW with a community legal service and @mpbowers and recorded some stuff
The Australian towns losing free legal assistance – podcast theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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It will be a month before this lawyer from the Western NSW Community Legal Centre visits again, as part of outreach programs that cover 200,000 square km stretching from Dubbo past Bourke and north to the Qld border. @ninobucci @mpbowers theguardian.com/law/2023/jun…
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What a treat to talk pictures on @InsidersABC with the wonderful @mpbowers! abc.net.au/news/2023-04-30/t…
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Many farmers around Condobolin, about 100km downstream of Forbes, have suffered catastrophic damage. Dozens remain cut off by flood waters, relying on airdrops from emergency services. @knausc with great pics by @mpbowers theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Video of the 'Great Wall of Echuca': army of locals form sandbagging 'conga line' @mpbowers + Miriam Marage theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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“People can’t live in this environment. They’ve got nowhere to go … you can feel now that the community spirit is wavering. I think there’s a lot of people that are just going to sigh and walk out and leave it all behind.” @caitecassidy @mpbowers theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Echuca has been under evacuation warnings since Sunday, and things are about to get worse: 2 rain fronts forecast to hit the region over the next seven days, bringing more water into already sodden catchments. Great reporting from @caitecassidy @mpbowers theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Victoria floods: nervous night in Shepparton but Goulburn River peaks lower than expected with pics from @mpbowers theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Thousands of homes in Shepparton and other regional Victorian communities expected to be inundated or cut off in the coming days with some rivers not expected to reach their peak until today @caitecassidy @mpbowers theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Pocock: “Having grown up on a farm where we used a lot of chemicals, that’s just the way things were. I have concerns about it. And I think we should be looking at ways to farm better. Humans are incredible when they actually want to solve problems.” theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Glorious pic gallery from @mpbowers and words from @ConnickFleur at the Deni Ute Muster, where women are showing their prowess behind the steering wheel. theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Delta agronomist Tim Condon @timmy64c said there was a very high global demand for canola in particular + although the Oz price is lagging behind the world by 15-20%, he expects it to rise again. Pic essay by @mpbowers @ConnickFleur theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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From one extreme to another. @mpbowers covered the drought in 2019 when Burrendong was empty and went back to the exact spots in 2022. Increasing extremities of climate change make managing water very difficult. By @ConnickFleur theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Two years ago @mpbowers & I spent a cold Canberra night with Jay Vine, an upcoming Aussie cyclist whose career had been derailed by the pandemic, as he competed in the virtual cycling world champs. Overnight, Vine won an epic stage at the Vuelta - huge! theguardian.com/sport/2020/d…
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Have you caught up with @AmyRemeikis new video recaps of the week? 👇⭐️ #auspol 👏 theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Good luck to all the snappers up for the @PortraitAu prize tonight, including two incredibly talented ocasional colleagues @mpbowers and @mattabbottphoto portrait.gov.au/nppp-images.…