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Cattle station gets permit to kill 20,000 parrots

Conservation groups are outraged that a cattle station has been given government permits to kill 20,000 corellas and galahs.

AAP · May 14

Legal fight to save tropical savanna in Top End

An environmental conservation body is taken legal action against the Northern Territory government over its plans to clear tropical savanna to plant cotton.

AAP · Feb 12, 2023

Images suggest land being cleared for cotton farming before permits granted

There's global demand for cotton and big profits to be made for farmers — but the growing industry is putting one of the last tropical savannas and untouched river networks in the world under threat.

ABC News · Jan 10, 2023