Australia Archives - Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tag/australia/ A Daily Dose of Positive News to Enthuse Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:27:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-GNN-Logo-Circles-2017-1-32x32.png Australia Archives - Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tag/australia/ 32 32 120051390 Thought Extinct, Snail Scientists Embark on Largest Snail Breeding and Reintroduction Effort in History https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/thought-extinct-snail-scientists-embark-on-largest-snail-breeding-and-reintroduction-effort-in-history/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/thought-extinct-snail-scientists-embark-on-largest-snail-breeding-and-reintroduction-effort-in-history/#respond Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:00:06 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227278 A group of Australian biologists have discovered that a giant snail species considered extinct hasn’t gone the way of the dodo. They undertook one of the largest captive snail breeding and reintroduction efforts in Australian, and perhaps world history. Campbell’s keeled glass snail was listed as Extinct by the IUCN in 1996 after several surveys […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/thought-extinct-snail-scientists-embark-on-largest-snail-breeding-and-reintroduction-effort-in-history/feed/ 0 227278 Ambitious Rewilding Project for Koala and Platypus Undertaken by Sydney’s Taronga Zoo https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ambitious-rewilding-project-for-koala-and-platypus-undertaken-by-sydneys-taronga-zoo/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ambitious-rewilding-project-for-koala-and-platypus-undertaken-by-sydneys-taronga-zoo/#respond Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:00:38 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226947 An Australian zoo credited with saving 7 native species from extinction aims to continue its vital work by rewilding a 3,050-acre tract of farmland. The aim of planting a Box-Gum tree fores across the cleared land that would act as a corridor to help connect existing wildlife habitats. The Taronga Zoo Conservation Society (TZCS) then […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ambitious-rewilding-project-for-koala-and-platypus-undertaken-by-sydneys-taronga-zoo/feed/ 0 226947 AI-Guided Robot Plants ‘Baby Corals’ Across the Great Barrier Reef https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ai-guided-robot-plants-baby-corals-across-the-great-barrier-reef/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ai-guided-robot-plants-baby-corals-across-the-great-barrier-reef/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:30:53 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226101 At the Australian Institute of Marine Science, artificial intelligence is being leveraged to help restore coral reefs after recent bleaching events. Following the autumn spawning season on the Great Barrier Reef, AIMS scientists are looking to give the corals a helping hand by dropping coral larvae down onto degraded reef segments. But in an effort […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ai-guided-robot-plants-baby-corals-across-the-great-barrier-reef/feed/ 0 226101 Play These Mobile Games Designed to Help Save Dying Aboriginal Language and Culture https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/play-these-mobile-games-designed-to-help-save-dying-aboriginal-language-and-culture/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/play-these-mobile-games-designed-to-help-save-dying-aboriginal-language-and-culture/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:00:54 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225921 An Australian Aboriginal community with only 8 fluent speakers left has launched a mobile phone game to help reconnect their youth with the tongue of their ancestors. The game allows you to help preserve a wetland nature reserve where the community lives, with almost 100 words and phrases in the Nyiyaparli language. Numbering around 400 […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/play-these-mobile-games-designed-to-help-save-dying-aboriginal-language-and-culture/feed/ 1 225921 Rock Band Opens $35,000 in Bar Tabs for Their Fans After Melbourne Gig Was Canceled for Safety https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rock-band-opens-35000-in-bar-tabs-for-their-fans-after-melbourne-gig-was-canceled-for-safety/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rock-band-opens-35000-in-bar-tabs-for-their-fans-after-melbourne-gig-was-canceled-for-safety/#respond Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:00:39 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225669 An Australian punk rock band picked up the bar tabs for hundreds of people after a gig in Melbourne was shut down at the last minute due to security concerns. Amyl and the Sniffers are up for a Grammy this year, a year that also saw them open for fellow countrymen rockers AC/DC for a […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rock-band-opens-35000-in-bar-tabs-for-their-fans-after-melbourne-gig-was-canceled-for-safety/feed/ 0 225669 Scientist Discovers New Bee Species with ‘Devil-like’ Horns–Names Her ‘Lucifer’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientist-discovers-new-bee-species-with-devil-like-horns-names-her-lucifer/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientist-discovers-new-bee-species-with-devil-like-horns-names-her-lucifer/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:00:14 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225373 She’s got devil-like horns, but she ain’t after your soul: she’s only looking for pollen. She’s Megachile lucifer, a new species of solitary bee identified in Western Australia’s Goldfields region by a team of scientists inspecting a rare wildflower habitat. She’s also the first new bee species added to the genus in 20 years, making this resident […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientist-discovers-new-bee-species-with-devil-like-horns-names-her-lucifer/feed/ 0 225373 Teen Rewarded with Cash and Job After Turning in Wad of $3,500 ‘Without Hesitation’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teen-rewarded-with-cash-job-and-gofundme-after-turning-in-wad-of-3500-without-hesitation/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teen-rewarded-with-cash-job-and-gofundme-after-turning-in-wad-of-3500-without-hesitation/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:30:24 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225284 From Australia’s Gold Coast comes the story of an honest young man who handed over $3,500 he found at a gas station and was repaid manifold. 17-year-old Josh Pache was the first to notice a wad of Australian dollars sitting on the cement outside Fox’s Pantry. The dough had fallen out of the pocket of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teen-rewarded-with-cash-job-and-gofundme-after-turning-in-wad-of-3500-without-hesitation/feed/ 1 225284 Residents Need Patience and ‘a Rake’ to Enjoy the 200 Million Migrating Crabs on Christmas Island https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/residents-need-patience-and-a-rake-to-enjoy-the-200-million-migrating-crabs-on-christmas-island/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/residents-need-patience-and-a-rake-to-enjoy-the-200-million-migrating-crabs-on-christmas-island/#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:30:24 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225011 Every November, the 1,200 denizens of Australia’s Christmas Island break out the rake and leaf blower and head out to their yards, driveways, and sidewalks. It’s not dead oak and beech leaves on their minds, however, but another red-tinted carpet—100 million crimson-colored crabs. Outnumbering their human neighbors 100,000 to 1, the Gecarcoidea natalis or Christmas Island […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/residents-need-patience-and-a-rake-to-enjoy-the-200-million-migrating-crabs-on-christmas-island/feed/ 0 225011 Hope Is the Most Impactful Emotion in Determining Long-Term Economic, Social Outcomes https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hope-is-the-most-impactful-emotion-in-determining-long-term-economic-social-outcomes/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hope-is-the-most-impactful-emotion-in-determining-long-term-economic-social-outcomes/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:30:05 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224777 Is hope just “a thing with feathers” as Dickenson wrote, or is it Aristotle’s “waking dream?” Or instead. is it “a promise we live” rather than a “promise we give” as Amanda Gorman wrote in 2021. According to new research examining the impact of hope as a positive emotion on long-term economic and social outcomes, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hope-is-the-most-impactful-emotion-in-determining-long-term-economic-social-outcomes/feed/ 0 224777 Humpback Whale Population Now Well Above Pre-Whaling Levels in Australia https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/humpback-whale-population-now-well-above-pre-whaling-levels-in-australia/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/humpback-whale-population-now-well-above-pre-whaling-levels-in-australia/#respond Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:00:10 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224386 The recovery of the eastern Australian humpback whale population has been described as nothing short of a “miracle,” such that the majestic beasts number more now than they did before commercial whaling. When homeowners today along the coasts of Australia file noise complaints, it’s likely to be from motor boats or late-night parties, but there […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/humpback-whale-population-now-well-above-pre-whaling-levels-in-australia/feed/ 0 224386 Man is Shocked to Find His Dog Giving a Baby Koala a Piggyback Ride https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/guy-was-shocked-to-find-his-dog-giving-a-baby-koala-a-piggyback-ride/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/guy-was-shocked-to-find-his-dog-giving-a-baby-koala-a-piggyback-ride/#respond Sun, 05 Oct 2025 22:59:31 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=223707 The human world is full of headlines about people who can’t get along—and sometimes peace and harmony seem impossible. Thankfully, a cute animal story from Australia can remind us there’s another way. A few weeks ago, Steve Lamplough found two creatures from opposite corners of the animal kingdom bonding in his backyard. While at home […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/guy-was-shocked-to-find-his-dog-giving-a-baby-koala-a-piggyback-ride/feed/ 0 223707 A Melbourne Sewage Farm Has Become a Haven for 300 Species of Birds https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-melbourne-sewage-farm-has-become-a-haven-for-300-species-of-birds/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-melbourne-sewage-farm-has-become-a-haven-for-300-species-of-birds/#respond Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:00:52 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=223532 Every time a toilet in Melbourne flushes, the contents start a long trip from the metro area to a sewage treatment plant that has garnered a mythical reputation among birdwatchers. Following the treatment process, the government allows it to retain certain excess nutrients that cause microbes and insects to flourish—anchoring the food web in an […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-melbourne-sewage-farm-has-become-a-haven-for-300-species-of-birds/feed/ 0 223532 Bite-Proof Wetsuit Fabric Almost Entirely Prevents Shark Bite Flesh Wounds https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/four-bite-proof-wetsuit-fabrics-almost-entirely-prevented-shark-bite-flesh-wounds/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/four-bite-proof-wetsuit-fabrics-almost-entirely-prevented-shark-bite-flesh-wounds/#respond Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:30:31 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=223309 Australian shark experts have tested four bite-resistant materials to assess their ability to reduce injuries and blood loss, and found that While internal and crushing injuries may still occur, bite-resistant wetsuits can now be added to the ‘toolkit’ of measures available to reduce shark-bite risk and resulting injuries, say researchers from Flinders University’s Southern Shark Ecology Group. […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/four-bite-proof-wetsuit-fabrics-almost-entirely-prevented-shark-bite-flesh-wounds/feed/ 0 223309 Farmer Pops the Question with Sky High Proposal Over a Special Canola Crop https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/farmer-pops-the-question-with-sky-high-proposal-over-a-special-canola-crop/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/farmer-pops-the-question-with-sky-high-proposal-over-a-special-canola-crop/#respond Sat, 20 Sep 2025 16:30:49 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=223043 An elementary school teacher in Australia has her head in the clouds after an elaborate marriage proposal from her new fiancé. Will Henderson’s sky-high idea hatched in the spring when he was preparing to seed the canola crop. Blooming yellow in September, he took Steph Carter up on a plane and popped the question, hoping […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/farmer-pops-the-question-with-sky-high-proposal-over-a-special-canola-crop/feed/ 0 223043 Aboriginal Elders Lead Prescribed Burn–and Rare Orchids Appear by Thousands https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/aboriginal-elders-lead-prescribed-burn-and-rare-orchids-appear-by-thousands/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/aboriginal-elders-lead-prescribed-burn-and-rare-orchids-appear-by-thousands/#respond Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:00:14 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=222999 Recapturing ancestral responsibility and restoring endangered orchids are the themes coming out of Australia’s scorched grasslands. Burned by the cataclysmic bushfires of 2019, a national park called the Barrington Tops exploded in rare veined doubletail orchids, and now the traditional owners of the lands perform prescribed burns to aid these flowers in flourishing under duress […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/aboriginal-elders-lead-prescribed-burn-and-rare-orchids-appear-by-thousands/feed/ 0 222999 Endangered Red and Yellow Mountain Frogs Are Bred for First Time–Years of Work to Save the Species https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-red-and-yellow-mountain-frogs-are-bred-for-first-time-years-of-work-to-save-the-species/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-red-and-yellow-mountain-frogs-are-bred-for-first-time-years-of-work-to-save-the-species/#respond Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:30:50 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=222954 A unique and beautiful mountain-dwelling frog has been bred in captivity and released in the wild—the culmination of years of work by scientists and conservationists. Dwelling in rainforests at higher elevation in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales states in Australia, the red and yellow mountain frog was one of 110 priority species the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-red-and-yellow-mountain-frogs-are-bred-for-first-time-years-of-work-to-save-the-species/feed/ 0 222954 This Little Marsupial Was Almost Extinct But Recovered Totally During Australian Mega Drought https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-little-marsupial-was-almost-extinct-but-recovered-totally-during-australian-mega-drought/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-little-marsupial-was-almost-extinct-but-recovered-totally-during-australian-mega-drought/#respond Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:00:01 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=222715 For an Australian marsupial facing extinction on a continent-wide scale, the news of an oncoming drought back in 2001 probably felt like the coming of the end times. But in a surprising break from the narrative, the ampurta (Dasycercus hillieri) a rat-sized predatory marsupial that was listed as Endangered in 1999, thrived through the lean […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-little-marsupial-was-almost-extinct-but-recovered-totally-during-australian-mega-drought/feed/ 0 222715 Solar-Powered Cars Race Across Australian Outback – with Fins to Also Harness the Wind https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/solar-powered-cars-race-across-australian-outback-with-fins-to-also-harness-the-wind/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/solar-powered-cars-race-across-australian-outback-with-fins-to-also-harness-the-wind/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:30:32 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=222176 At the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, innovators and motorsport experts competed to race solar-powered cars 2,000 miles across the Australian Outback. Reminiscent of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, when Interwar Period engineers tried to balance speed, maneuverability, and durability with wild designs, some of which eventually became road-standard, the World Solar Challenge hopes to […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/solar-powered-cars-race-across-australian-outback-with-fins-to-also-harness-the-wind/feed/ 0 222176 Australian Woman Shocked When Ohio Social Media Helps Reunite Her with iPad Lost 2 Years Ago https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australian-woman-shocked-when-ohio-social-media-helps-reunite-her-with-ipad-lost-2-years-ago/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australian-woman-shocked-when-ohio-social-media-helps-reunite-her-with-ipad-lost-2-years-ago/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:00:43 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=222123 From the popular social media platform Reddit comes the incredible story of a young woman recovering her iPad lost two years before while traveling in the US. It started on a forum, called a sub-Reddit on the site, for Columbus Ohio—a 23-year-old Australian woman shared a bizarre personal situation “in hopes of, [I don’t know], […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australian-woman-shocked-when-ohio-social-media-helps-reunite-her-with-ipad-lost-2-years-ago/feed/ 1 222123 Postman’s Unusual Act of Kindness Makes Him a Rainy Day ‘Laundry Hero’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/postmans-unusual-act-of-kindness-makes-him-a-rainy-day-laundry-hero/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/postmans-unusual-act-of-kindness-makes-him-a-rainy-day-laundry-hero/#respond Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:00:23 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=222081 From Australia comes the story of a Sikh’s kindness caught on camera when he thought no one was looking. With the heavens having opened, the man, a postal worker who had arrived at a house to deliver a package, took “one minute” to pull down the client’s laundry and put it next to the door […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/postmans-unusual-act-of-kindness-makes-him-a-rainy-day-laundry-hero/feed/ 0 222081 New Research on Genes Linked to Stuttering Could Be ‘Life-Changing‘ for Those with Speech Disorder https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-research-on-genes-linked-to-stuttering-could-be-life-changing-for-those-with-speech-disorder/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-research-on-genes-linked-to-stuttering-could-be-life-changing-for-those-with-speech-disorder/#respond Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:30:27 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=221411 A genetic analysis of a million individuals with stutters has clued Australian researchers into a potential genetic component that would revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of this common disorder. 400 million people worldwide have stutters, and a cross-Pacific partnership between Curtin Stuttering Treatment Clinic in Western Australia a Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, identified […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-3d-printed-titanium-alloy-is-stronger-than-the-standard-yet-30-cheaper/feed/ 0 221224 Australia’s Revolutionary Hydrogen Powder Is Easier and Cheaper to Use for Clean Energy https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australias-revolutionary-hydrogen-powder-is-easier-and-cheaper-to-use-for-clean-energy/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australias-revolutionary-hydrogen-powder-is-easier-and-cheaper-to-use-for-clean-energy/#respond Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:30:05 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=221103 Last year, an Australian R&D team proposed a revolutionary new way to create and transport renewable hydrogen energy. The partnership from Curtin University and Velox Energy Materials devised a circular hydrogen industry consisting of hydrogen generation, the capacity to turn it into a powdered storage form, and the infrastructure to refill the expended powder with […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australias-revolutionary-hydrogen-powder-is-easier-and-cheaper-to-use-for-clean-energy/feed/ 0 221103 ‘I Married the Hitchhiker we Picked Up on the Road’ – If Uber Would have Been Cheaper They’d Never Meet https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/i-married-the-hitchhiker-we-picked-up-on-the-road-if-uber-would-have-been-cheaper-theyd-never-meet/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/i-married-the-hitchhiker-we-picked-up-on-the-road-if-uber-would-have-been-cheaper-theyd-never-meet/#respond Fri, 25 Jul 2025 19:50:22 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=220794 A woman is counting her blessings that she was on the right road at the right time, after falling in love with a guy that she and her friend picked up hitchhiking. 27-year-old Maddy met Travis Becker while driving back from a night out with her friend in Byron Bay, Australia, a beach vacation destination. […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/i-married-the-hitchhiker-we-picked-up-on-the-road-if-uber-would-have-been-cheaper-theyd-never-meet/feed/ 0 220794 Backpacker Found Alive in Australian Bush After 12 Days of Surviving Her Major Mistake https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/backpacker-found-alive-in-australian-bush-after-12-days-survival-experts-share-her-major-mistake/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/backpacker-found-alive-in-australian-bush-after-12-days-survival-experts-share-her-major-mistake/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:30:13 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=220368 A German backpacker lost for 12 days in the Australian outback has survived and spoken out regarding her traumatic experience. Carolina Wilga’s disappearance gripped the nation after her friends and family lost contact with her in late June and her van was discovered immobilized off a trail in a nature reserve in the state of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/backpacker-found-alive-in-australian-bush-after-12-days-survival-experts-share-her-major-mistake/feed/ 3 220368 Years After She Saved a Magpie it Returns the Favor Saving Her Life After She Fell from Window https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/years-after-she-saved-a-magpie-it-returns-the-favor-saving-her-life-after-she-fell-from-window/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/years-after-she-saved-a-magpie-it-returns-the-favor-saving-her-life-after-she-fell-from-window/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:30:31 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=220061 When Sandie Gillard fell from a two-story window, the impact knocked the senior citizen unconscious, a state that may have become permanent if not for the intervention of a very small, very unlikely hero. Lightly tapping on her head, a bird named Jellybean roused its former caregiver enough that she could call her husband, who […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/years-after-she-saved-a-magpie-it-returns-the-favor-saving-her-life-after-she-fell-from-window/feed/ 0 220061 Whale Sightings Hit Record High During Citizen Science Migration Count https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/whale-sightings-hit-record-high-during-citizen-science-migration-count/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/whale-sightings-hit-record-high-during-citizen-science-migration-count/#respond Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:00:27 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=219874 In Australia’s latest survey of whale populations, humpbacks have been seen migrating north along the eastern coastline in record numbers. Over 5,000 confirmed sightings were made by mariners and others in the state of New South Wales so far, as the animals make their way out of the southern oceans with their calves. The Organization […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/whale-sightings-hit-record-high-during-citizen-science-migration-count/feed/ 0 219874 A Mass Blossoming Is Occurring in Wake of Floods to Feed Honeyeater Birds in Australia Where Just 300 Remain https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-mass-blossoming-is-occurring-in-wake-of-floods-to-feed-honeyeater-birds-in-australia-where-just-300-remain/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-mass-blossoming-is-occurring-in-wake-of-floods-to-feed-honeyeater-birds-in-australia-where-just-300-remain/#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:00:24 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=219841 Recent wet season rainfall along the east coast of Australia has shattered hundred-year records, but as the floodwaters recede, a feast of epic proportions seems ready to explode among the hills and valleys. Soaking up all that water, New South Wales’ various eucalypt tree species are preparing for a mass blossoming that may all but […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-mass-blossoming-is-occurring-in-wake-of-floods-to-feed-honeyeater-birds-in-australia-where-just-300-remain/feed/ 0 219841 These Cockatoos Learned to Operate Drinking Fountains with Their Feet to Quench Their Thirst – (WATCH) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/these-cockatoos-learned-to-operate-drinking-fountains-with-their-feet-to-quench-their-thirst-watch/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/these-cockatoos-learned-to-operate-drinking-fountains-with-their-feet-to-quench-their-thirst-watch/#respond Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:30:03 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=218770 When scientist Barbara Klump saw some cockatoos operate a water fountain in Australia, a million questions flashed through her mind. That’s understandable. How did they learn; why did they learn? Can all cockatoos do that and can they teach it? Why not just drink from the stream? When it comes to displays of animal intelligence, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/these-cockatoos-learned-to-operate-drinking-fountains-with-their-feet-to-quench-their-thirst-watch/feed/ 0 218770 Tourists Stranded After Kangaroo Crash Receive 23 Days of ‘Unforgettable’ Help from Loving Locals https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tourists-stranded-after-kangaroo-crash-receive-23-days-of-unforgettable-help-from-loving-locals/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tourists-stranded-after-kangaroo-crash-receive-23-days-of-unforgettable-help-from-loving-locals/#respond Fri, 30 May 2025 13:00:44 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=218482 From West Australia comes the story of some ‘lucky’ misfortune, as a pair of road-tripping Frenchmen found a “second home” in a small town. Nannup has just 1,500 inhabitants—many of whose hands were on deck to help the tourists after they hit a kangaroo and wrecked their car just 4 hours into what was supposed […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tourists-stranded-after-kangaroo-crash-receive-23-days-of-unforgettable-help-from-loving-locals/feed/ 0 218482 Palm Trees on Lord Howe Island Took an Evolutionary Path Darwin Never Expected https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lord-howe-islands-palms-challenge-darwins-theory-of-evolution-becoming-more-diverse/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lord-howe-islands-palms-challenge-darwins-theory-of-evolution-becoming-more-diverse/#respond Tue, 13 May 2025 15:30:50 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=217911 One of Australia’s most biodiverse offshore islands enjoys the company to two palm trees that despite appearing quite similar are actually different species. That this happened: that two species evolved from a common ancestor despite no geographical separation, means biologists have confirmed that “sympatric” evolution is possible on Earth. To explain exactly what that means, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lord-howe-islands-palms-challenge-darwins-theory-of-evolution-becoming-more-diverse/feed/ 0 217911 World-First Genetic Index Helps Aussie Farmers Breed Heat Tolerant Cows to Maintain Their Welfare–and Milk Supply https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/world-first-genetic-index-helps-aussie-farmers-breed-heat-tolerant-cows-to-maintain-their-welfare-and-milk-supply/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/world-first-genetic-index-helps-aussie-farmers-breed-heat-tolerant-cows-to-maintain-their-welfare-and-milk-supply/#respond Mon, 12 May 2025 18:30:14 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=217871 Australian dairies are breeding heat-tolerant cows and seeing big returns on hot days that are making the global industry stand up and take notice. Ever feel like wolfing down a big meal when it’s 85°F out with 80% humidity? If you recoil at the thought, that’s one thing you have in common with a dairy […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/world-first-genetic-index-helps-aussie-farmers-breed-heat-tolerant-cows-to-maintain-their-welfare-and-milk-supply/feed/ 0 217871 School Kids Help Ensure Mountain Pygmy Possum Population Bounces Back in Australian Alps https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/school-kids-help-ensure-mountain-pygmy-possum-population-bounces-back-in-australian-alps/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/school-kids-help-ensure-mountain-pygmy-possum-population-bounces-back-in-australian-alps/#respond Thu, 08 May 2025 18:30:18 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=217707 As other endangered Australian wildlife, the mountain pygmy possum has recovered to its pre-wildfire population in the Snowy Mountains. While conservationists are to be applauded for the turn around, they maybe aren’t the experts you’d expect to be managing such a delicate species, but rather groups of students from the local schools. Home for this […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/school-kids-help-ensure-mountain-pygmy-possum-population-bounces-back-in-australian-alps/feed/ 0 217707 Bystander Becomes ‘Lifesaver’ Leaping into Ocean When Bull Shark Bites Swimmer Off Deserted Beach https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bystander-becomes-lifesaver-leaping-into-ocean-when-bull-shark-bites-swimmer-off-deserted-beach/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bystander-becomes-lifesaver-leaping-into-ocean-when-bull-shark-bites-swimmer-off-deserted-beach/#comments Mon, 05 May 2025 17:00:43 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=217617 From Australia comes the story of a shark attack victim surviving to thank the man who saved her, face to face. Blake Donaldson was enjoying Gunyah Beach in Bundeena, Australia, with his partner when he heard a shriek from 30 feet beyond the water’s edge. Standing stock still in a pocket of red was 57-year-old […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bystander-becomes-lifesaver-leaping-into-ocean-when-bull-shark-bites-swimmer-off-deserted-beach/feed/ 1 217617 Sunshine Coast Recycles Wastewater to Irrigate Farms–Instead of Dumping into a River https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sunshine-coast-recycles-wastewater-to-irrigate-farms-instead-of-dumping-in-river/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sunshine-coast-recycles-wastewater-to-irrigate-farms-instead-of-dumping-in-river/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 11:00:54 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=216430 After 10 years of planning and AUD$120 million in investments, one of Australia’s fastest-growing areas will be diverting 500 million gallons of treated wastewater from being dumped into rivers and eventually the sea. What’s more, the water is set to take over irrigation needs for thousands of acres of farmland—all the better considering this is […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sunshine-coast-recycles-wastewater-to-irrigate-farms-instead-of-dumping-in-river/feed/ 0 216430 How Valerie the Weiner Dog Survived 18 Months in the Australian Bush to Make it Home https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/how-valerie-the-weiner-dog-survived-18-months-in-the-australian-bush-to-make-it-home/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/how-valerie-the-weiner-dog-survived-18-months-in-the-australian-bush-to-make-it-home/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:00:36 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=216344 On an island south of Adelaide, a strange creature has been seen creeping through the bush. A long cylindrical body and long snout flanked by floppy ears are dead giveaways. But this wiener dog named Valerie isn’t lost anymore. After almost 18 months of living wild on Kangaroo Island, local police are poised to get […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/how-valerie-the-weiner-dog-survived-18-months-in-the-australian-bush-to-make-it-home/feed/ 0 216344 Man Lives for 100 Days with Artificial Titanium Heart in Successful New Trial https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-lives-for-100-days-with-artificial-titanium-heart-in-successful-new-trial/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-lives-for-100-days-with-artificial-titanium-heart-in-successful-new-trial/#respond Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:00:36 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=215812 In Australia, a man was kept alive for 100 days on an artificial heart made of titanium while a donor heart was eventually found. This is the longest-ever period that a man has been kept alive by an artificial heart, giving its developers encouragement that it can play a major role in supporting waiting list […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-lives-for-100-days-with-artificial-titanium-heart-in-successful-new-trial/feed/ 0 215812 Record-Breaking Migration of Orange-Bellied Parrot Will be Flying High After Years of Conservation Work Pays Off https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/record-breaking-orange-bellied-parrot-migration-expected-after-years-of-hard-conservation-work-pay-off/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/record-breaking-orange-bellied-parrot-migration-expected-after-years-of-hard-conservation-work-pay-off/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2025 23:00:17 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=215620 With the news headlines around the COP events full of general doom and gloom about species decline, it’s worth taking the time to meet one lucky bird that’s on the mend. From as few as 17 known individuals, the orange-bellied parrots of Tasmania now number in the low hundreds after years of hard conservation work. […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/record-breaking-orange-bellied-parrot-migration-expected-after-years-of-hard-conservation-work-pay-off/feed/ 1 215620 Recovery of Endangered Marsupials is Utterly ‘Extraordinary’– Population Up 45% Since Australian Bushfires https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/recovery-of-endangered-marsupials-is-utterly-extraordinary-population-up-45-since-australian-bushfires/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/recovery-of-endangered-marsupials-is-utterly-extraordinary-population-up-45-since-australian-bushfires/#respond Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:30:32 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=215555 On the heights of a mountain range just 30 miles west of Sydney’s Central Business District, the population of a charismatic marsupial was found to be ballooning despite recent fires. Recorded at 45% higher than before Australia’s drought-wildfire combo of 2019, it was described as “nothing short of remarkable.” The greater glider is an arboreal […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/recovery-of-endangered-marsupials-is-utterly-extraordinary-population-up-45-since-australian-bushfires/feed/ 0 215555 Lucky Find in Perth Returns Beloved War Medals to New Zealand Family https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lucky-find-in-perth-returns-beloved-war-medals-to-new-zealand-family/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lucky-find-in-perth-returns-beloved-war-medals-to-new-zealand-family/#respond Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=215411 A New Zealand military chaplain recently recovered a fallen airman’s war medals and reunited them with the man’s next of kin. It cost the chaplain a few hundred dollars to perform this good deed, one which has seen them restored and presented to the aviator’s grand-niece. Dying during an RAF bomber raid over Hamburg in […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lucky-find-in-perth-returns-beloved-war-medals-to-new-zealand-family/feed/ 0 215411 Oldest-Known Asteroid Crater is Discovered in the Outback–Made More Than 3 Billion Years Ago https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/oldest-known-asteroid-crater-is-discovered-in-the-outback-made-more-than-3-billion-years-ago/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/oldest-known-asteroid-crater-is-discovered-in-the-outback-made-more-than-3-billion-years-ago/#respond Fri, 07 Mar 2025 12:00:49 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=215385 Unique geologic formations found in Western Australia have led a team of researchers to conclude that an asteroid struck the area around 3.57 billion years ago which would make it the oldest such impact site known. And it wouldn’t be even close. The second-oldest impact crater dates to around 2 billion years before our time. […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/oldest-known-asteroid-crater-is-discovered-in-the-outback-made-more-than-3-billion-years-ago/feed/ 0 215385 Australia’s ‘Bee Man’ is Saving Native Species, One ‘Hotel’ at a Time https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australias-bee-man-saving-native-species-one-hotel-at-a-time/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australias-bee-man-saving-native-species-one-hotel-at-a-time/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:30:23 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=214855 A young Australian ecologist travels from town to town building bee “hotels” and educating children and adults alike about the importance of making room for native insects. Australia has a high prevalence of solitary bee species: that is, bees that don’t live in colonies or hives and potentially don’t even make honey. Nicknamed the “Bee […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australias-bee-man-saving-native-species-one-hotel-at-a-time/feed/ 0 214855 Oysters Carry Protein That Kills Bacteria Behind Pneumonia, Strep Throat, and Scarlet Fever: Study https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/oysters-carry-protein-that-kills-bacteria-behind-pneumonia-strep-throat-and-scarlet-fever-study/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/oysters-carry-protein-that-kills-bacteria-behind-pneumonia-strep-throat-and-scarlet-fever-study/#respond Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:30:50 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=214796 A protein found in oysters has been identified as an outright killer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and to strengthen antibiotics’ overall effectiveness. The discovery was made by scientists in Australia who found the protein in the bivalve’s ‘hemolymphs,’ cells that act a little like blood cells in humans. Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Streptococcus pyogenes, may not […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/oysters-carry-protein-that-kills-bacteria-behind-pneumonia-strep-throat-and-scarlet-fever-study/feed/ 0 214796 Flinders Island to Rid Vermin and Become an Ark for Marsupial Species Recovery in Australia https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/flinders-island-to-rid-vermin-and-become-an-ark-for-marsupial-species-recovery-in-australia/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/flinders-island-to-rid-vermin-and-become-an-ark-for-marsupial-species-recovery-in-australia/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:00:19 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=214479 A family of shepherds is turning their land on Flinders Island over to the Australian government for a total rewilding project that will see it become an “ark” for endangered marsupials. The aptly named Woolford family has been pasturing sheep for the wool market since 1979 on Flinders, Australia’s 4th largest territorial island. Shifting prices […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/flinders-island-to-rid-vermin-and-become-an-ark-for-marsupial-species-recovery-in-australia/feed/ 0 214479 Second-Ever Elusive Night Parrot Egg Discovered in Australia Where it Had Been ‘Extinct’ for 100 Years https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/second-ever-elusive-night-parrot-egg-discovered-in-australia-where-it-had-been-extinct-for-100-years/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/second-ever-elusive-night-parrot-egg-discovered-in-australia-where-it-had-been-extinct-for-100-years/#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:30:25 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=214447 Though it was unfertilized and therefore never destined to become an animal, the discovery of a night parrot egg in Western Australia has jolted the nation’s indigenous conservation community into excitement and action. Discovered last September in a vast and remote area called the Kimberly in Western Australia state, it’s hoped the egg can reveal […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/second-ever-elusive-night-parrot-egg-discovered-in-australia-where-it-had-been-extinct-for-100-years/feed/ 0 214447 Veterinarian’s Simple Question Inspires Wave of Donations of IV Fluids That Would Normally Be Thrown Away https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/veterinarians-simple-question-inspires-wave-of-donations-of-iv-fluids-that-would-normally-be-thrown-away/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/veterinarians-simple-question-inspires-wave-of-donations-of-iv-fluids-that-would-normally-be-thrown-away/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:00:46 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=214290 A clever veterinarian is helping address a shortage of IV fluids for animal care by accepting donations of leftover fluids from blood banks. Though hospital regulations in Australia and likely in most countries dictate that leftover intravenous fluid, also known as saline, should be discarded for sanitary standards, its use for animals had never been […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/from-courtship-escaping-predators-or-just-for-fun-why-do-stingrays-jump-out-of-the-water/feed/ 0 214093 Friends Miraculously Get Car Keys Back When Ocean Returns Them in Big Wave–VIDEO https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/friends-miraculously-get-car-keys-back-when-ocean-returns-them-in-big-wave-watch/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/friends-miraculously-get-car-keys-back-when-ocean-returns-them-in-big-wave-watch/#respond Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:42:25 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=213773 Two friends miraculously found their car keys minutes after they’d watched them get washed away by the ocean. Alisha Kelly and girlfriend Lauren Thompson were at Trigg Beach in Perth, Australia, when their phones and keys got swallowed up by a large wave. Alisha had managed to retrieve their phones before they were sucked into […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/friends-miraculously-get-car-keys-back-when-ocean-returns-them-in-big-wave-watch/feed/ 0 213773 Australia Launches into Space With the ‘Roo-ver’ – Their First Lunar Robot https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australia-to-jump-into-space-exploration-with-the-roo-ver-the-nations-first-lunar-robot/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australia-to-jump-into-space-exploration-with-the-roo-ver-the-nations-first-lunar-robot/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:23:01 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=212955 Meet the little buggie that’s going to take the nation Down Under, up and over. This is the ‘Roo-ver’, Australia’s first major contribution to robotic space exploration as the first Lunar rover ever launched by the prosperous country. A consortium of 21 different private firms, universities, and small startups has been contracted by the Australian […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australia-to-jump-into-space-exploration-with-the-roo-ver-the-nations-first-lunar-robot/feed/ 0 212955 Billions of People Could Benefit from This Breakthrough in Desalination That Ensures Freshwater for the World https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/billions-of-people-could-benefit-from-this-breakthrough-in-desalination-that-ensures-freshwater-for-the-world/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/billions-of-people-could-benefit-from-this-breakthrough-in-desalination-that-ensures-freshwater-for-the-world/#respond Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:31:42 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=212354 A novel approach to making seawater evaporate faster has been hailed as a significant breakthrough in desalination technology that will benefit billions of people worldwide. Up to 36% of the world’s eight billion people currently suffer from severe freshwater shortages for at least four months of the year, and this could potentially increase to 75% […]

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