Growing up in the bush I’ve always enjoyed doing stories on wildlife.
In this case the story was about some unusual pig-nosed turtles, something I had never come across before.
Growing up in the bush I’ve always enjoyed doing stories on wildlife.
In this case the story was about some unusual pig-nosed turtles, something I had never come across before.
In 1986 Pope John Paul II visited Australia.
My colleague Phil Smith got the job of covering the Pope’s visit to Darwin while I was sent to Alice Springs to cover his visit to the Centre.
Along the western border of Kakadu National Park lies Kapalga Station, in 1986, a research facility for the CSIRO.
While the original section of Kakadu National Park had been granted World heritage listing, it didn’t stop the 1986/87 debate over the listing of stage 2 of the park.
Probably the most famous quote came from then Minister for Mining and Energy, Gareth Evans when he described it as “clapped out buffalo country.
By the end of 1987 Stage 2 would be listed, and by 1993 stage 3 and therefore the entire park had been listed on the World heritage register.
On 16 February 1983, more than 180 fires fanned by winds of up to 110km per hour (68 mph) caused widespread destruction across the states of Victoria and South Australia. According to Wikipedia, the fires were the deadliest in Australian history, until the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009.
In Victoria, 47 people died, while in South Australia there were 28 deaths.
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In 1986, the Senate Standing Committee on Natural Resources came to do a personal inspection of Kakadu National Park, with the view to making a recommendation on mining in the park.
Their recommendation saw the then Federal Cabinet decide mining could go ahead in the controversial stage 3 of Kakadu National Park.
Gold and platinum deposits could be exploited but uranium was taken off the table.
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While I spent a lot of time in Kakadu National Park, and while Kakadu is the best known park in the Top End, I always had a soft spot for Litchfield National Park.
730 Report on High Temperature Incinerator from Rae Allen on Vimeo.
Mark Record ID 40448
Branch DAR
Type SEGMENT
Source ABC
NEWS/CAFF
Program Title 7.30 REPORT
Segment Title CHEMICAL INCINERATOR
Date of Transmission 09-Jul-1986
Date of Recording
Restrictions CHECK COPYRIGHT
Location DARWIN,NT,AUSTRALIA
TENNANT CREEK,NT,AUSTRALIA
Duration 7.50
Summary IV VARIOUS PEOPLE ABOUT ASPECTS OF HIGH TEMPERATURE INCINERATOR FOR INTRACTABLE WASTES AND BY-PRODUCTS PROPOSED BY NORTHERN TERRITORY GOVT FOR TENNANT CREEK
Shotlist LIB FTG HOUSES, POWER STATION IN BG
LIB FTG DRUMS
LIB FTG ROOFS OF HOUSES, STACKS IN BG
OS RAE ALLEN IV TERRY MCKAY
CU MCKAY
MLS PINK CONTAINERS WITH SIGN DANGER PCB CONTAINER INSIDE
ZO PINK CONTAINERS
LIB FTG HIGH TEMPERATURE INCINERATOR
GRAPHICS DIAGRAMS SHOWING PASSAGE OF CHEMICALS THROUGH INCINERATOR AND FLU GAS CLEANING PROCESS
CU PAGE MASTERS CLASSIFICATION
TD PAGE OF REPORT
CU MCKAY
CU SMALL BATH WITH HAND IN FRONT OF DIALS
ZO BATH, MAN STANDING, DISPLAY IN BG
WS 2 MEN, DISPLAY IN BG SIGN JOHN MORRIS SCIENTIFIC
LS STOKES HILL POWER STATION STACKS
TD STACKS TO BUILDINGS
RTC ALLEN, CONTAINERS IN BG
MCU CONTAINER FROM BELOW
VS CONTAINER
AERIALS INCINERATOR SHIP
GRAPHICS BARRY COHEN
SUPERS VOICE OF BARRY COHEN
CU LAURIE WADE
LS POWER STATION, 2 MEN WALKING BUGGIES ON GOLF COURSE IN FG
LS CHILD ON SEE-SAW IN FG, HOUSES AND STACKS IN BG
MCU SIGN WELCOME TO TENNANT CREEK, THE TERRITORY CENTRE, WE’RE BIGGER THAN YOU THINK
LS STREET IN TENNANT CREEK
LS ROAD WITH TRUCK COMING OVER CREST
CU WADE
CU CHAIN ROBBINS
OS ALLEN IV ROBBINS
CU MCKAY
CU VARIOUS PAGES ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
CU COVER OF PROFILE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BOOK
CU ROBBINS
CU PIPE WITH LIQUID SPURTING OUT
LS POWER STATION
VS DRUMS
LS PAN TENNANT CREEK COUNTRYSIDE AND TOWNSHIP
CU MCKAY
Subject Heading CHEMICALS
WASTE DISPOSAL
Producer
Director
Writer
Personalities TERRY MCKAY, DEPT OF MINES AND ENERGY
LAURIE WADE, ENVIRONMENT CENTRE
CHAIN ROBBINS, INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
RAE ALLEN,ABC REPORTER
You sometimes forget how big the Northern Territory is until you find yourself engrossed in a story like this about feral horses.
It’s estimated the number of feral horses in the Territory is in the hundreds of thousands, and considering how much a horse eats, you can imagine the impact on the environment.
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