#ruralnsw — Public Fediverse posts

Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease

"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology

Five dogs are suspected to have killed a man and injured another on a large NSW rural property

What is the responsibility of the pet owner?
What has the council done about unregistered roaming and barking pets?
Could it be that a pedestrian/ bushwalker was unintentionally entering "the 117-hectare rural property" ?

"Five dogs suspected of fatally attacking a man at a property in Sydney's south-west will be euthanased. NSW Police said the man suffered injuries consistent with being attacked by animals...Police were investigating if the man was an intruder." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-08/dogs-supected-of-fatal-attack-in-sydney-to-be-euthanased/107012384

#ABCNews - How is 'the panoramic view' of the real estate relevant to a human being being ripped apart by five canines?

Mauled to death by unregistered and unchipped roaming pets ? >>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/117052353375834445
#AnimalAttack #crime #dogs #pets #roaming #PetOwners #liabilities #councils #mauling #violence #RuralNSW #PacksOfCanines #walking #NSW #wildlife

Mauled to death?

"A young man has died after a suspected dog attack at a rural property, as police begin an investigation. Authorities were alerted to the discovery of the 23-year-old’s body at a rural property...None of those animals were registered or microchipped, it was reported." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/07/man-dead-suspected-dog-attack-eschol-park-sydney-suburb-ntwnfb
#dogs #pets #roaming #PetOwners #liabilities #councils #mauling #violence #RuralNSW #walking #NSW

Fruit and veg from NSW plantations of servitude

"The NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner says there are several thousand absconded PALM workers in Australia, without access to health insurance and formal income. Among them are women with unplanned pregnancies denied antenatal care due to ineligibility for Medicare. A report by the NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner entitled Be Our Guests has identified signs of debt bondage, deceptive recruiting, forced labour and, in extreme cases, servitude, sexual servitude and human trafficking."
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https://theconversation.com/promoted-as-a-win-win-australias-pacific-island-guest-worker-scheme-is-putting-those-workers-at-risk-240333
#Food #IndustrialRelations #plantations #exploitation #NSW #servitude #slavery #Pacific #Australia #RuralNSW #Work #PALM

Modern forestry techniques are destroying biodiversity, poisoning communities and compounding the climate crisis

"Perversely, the use of glyphosate and other herbicides is ensured by industrial monoculture plantations around the world. Under the pretext of climate change mitigation schemes, millions of trees are planted. The plantations do provide raw materials for biofuels and act as powerful carbon sinks. But when a natural forest is converted to a plantation, a natural ecosystem is destroyed. Biodiversity is lost and organic matter and nutrient levels are depleted. In a bid to manage reduced soil fertility, forestry planners use artificial fertilizers and herbicides. Each year, 10 million hectares of natural forest are lost to monoculture plantations. The policy is not addressing climate change. It’s compounding it."

"A 2019 study showed that 80 percent of First Nations communities in Canada are located in fire-prone regions that are often isolated. But the imperatives of eco-capitalism and the commodification of nature have long taken precedence over the traditional knowledge of Indigenous communities—to our collective peril."
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https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/canadian-forestation-policies-add-fuel-to-the-fires
#loggingIndustry #LoggingImpacts #FlammableForest #plantations #pesticides #BellingenLogging #GumbaynggirrCountry #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #monoculture #SaveTuckersNob #pesticides #bushfires #climate #IndigenousPeoples #ClimateExtremes