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LECA is a community letter writing group based in Mparntwe - unceded central Arrernte country.

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We also know that if you can eradicate buffel grass in arid Australia, you get a return of the native understorey plants and provide much more seed for granivorous (seed-eating) native fauna such as ants, birds and small mammals:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) eradication in arid central Australia enhances native plant diversity and increases seed resources for granivores
Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) is a drought-adapted invasive plant of arid and semi-arid grassland and woodland systems globally. This research demonstrates that buffel grass removal at localise...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The cattle ‘industry’ response to our community trying to manage the threat of buffel grass.

This shameful interview starts at 14:58
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Couldn’t be more revealing.

Selfish
Greedy
Entitled
Dangerous
February 10, 2026 at 9:51 PM
February 8, 2026 at 11:23 AM
A thousand voices is the start of a chorus that you cannot tune out with bulldust.
Please continue to sign and share x
www.change.org/p/buffel-gra...
February 6, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Interesting poll at the end of this article. Add your vote!
au.news.yahoo.com/alarm-as-inv...
February 6, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Article in the local rag - Centralian Today
Case card here: www.lettersfortheenvironment.com/wp-content/u...
February 5, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Funny how Government ministers defend complexity in financial decisions but not environmental or social considerations.

“Projects of this scale and strategic importance involve complex and time-consuming financing processes," Gerard Maley, NT Mining Minister.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
It has been backed by Trump and Rinehart — but where is the Arafura mine?
It is the Central Australian mine promised to help upset China's dominance of the rare earths market worldwide, and bring hundreds of jobs to Australia. But where is it?
www.abc.net.au
February 1, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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Australia isn’t a neutral observer. Pine Gap provided the intelligence enabling June 2025 strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, ops now drawing genocide allegations at the ICJ given the broader context of US-Israeli coordination. Oz is complicit, and Tehran has noticed.

theaimn.net/as-trump-thr...
As Trump Threatens Weekend Strike on Iran, Albanese Pretends Pine Gap Isn’t Complicit
Albanese’s Iran Illusion: How Australia Sleepwalks into Someone Else’s War While our federal government waffles on about rules based order, Iran is rewriting the rules of modern warfare. Trump is thre...
theaimn.net
February 1, 2026 at 7:31 AM
January 31, 2026 at 4:54 AM
We are the heart of your country - you cannot distance yourself from what is happening here - fill in the survey haveyoursay.nt.gov.au/draft-buffel...
Don’t know where to start? - DM us or find tips here: www.lettersfortheenvironment.com/topics/buffel/
Draft Buffel Grass Weed Management Plan Survey
Help us develop a Weed Management Plan for buffel grass. In July 2024, buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris and C. pennisetiformis) was formally declared a weed under the Northern Territory Weeds Managemen...
haveyoursay.nt.gov.au
January 31, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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If Alice Springs doesn't have one already, reckon you can make a plant based treaty happen :)
plantbasedtreaty.org
vegconomist.com/society/char...
The Plant Based Treaty | Eat Plants, Plant Trees
The Plant Based Treaty is a landmark international treaty and first of its kind to put food systems at the heart of combating the climate crisis. The Treaty aims to halt the widespread degradation of ...
plantbasedtreaty.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Another great NT #buffelgrass weed management plan survey workshop!
It’s inspiring to be part of such engaged, knowledgeable and energetic community!
haveyoursay.nt.gov.au/draft-buffel...
Thanks Olive Pink Botanic Garden
January 31, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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Fuck the genocidal, ecocidal, economic drain that is the pastoral industry.
Fuck Gina Rinehart.
Fuck Andrew Forrest.
Fuck the Holmes à Court + Murdoch families.
Fuck the QLD government.
Fuck the media who refuses to talk about these majors of massive industrial agriculture who are killing us.
F the genocidal, ecocidal, economic drain that is the pastoral industry.
January 30, 2026 at 10:22 AM
F the genocidal, ecocidal, economic drain that is the pastoral industry.
January 30, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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And the mode for NW&NE Pastoral rounded to nearest degree is 50C! #santos #globalheating
January 30, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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50C in Port Augusta and a plethora of 49Cs in SA today :(
January 30, 2026 at 5:47 AM
50C in Port Augusta and a plethora of 49Cs in SA today :(
January 30, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Thanks to the Central Desert Regional Council for allowing us to present about the Draft NT #buffelgrass Management Plan at their Ordinary Meeting in TiTree this morning.

Together we can stop the invasion - where there is a will there is a way!
January 30, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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a four-month suspended prison sentence for illegally mining turquoise from a sacred site

the first time a person has received a prison sentence for conducting works on a sacred site in the NT
sentencing
Gem hunter illegally mined tonnes of turquoise ore at NT sacred site
A gemstone dealer has received a four-month suspended prison sentence for illegally mining more than 8 tonnes of turquoise ore at a Northern Territory sacred site.
www.abc.net.au
January 29, 2026 at 12:46 PM
‘Not a decision I would have made’ Anthony Albanese PM. Yet the PM approved the recommendation.

Two things:
1. PM is spineless by not protecting the communities Connolly marginalises.
2. If Connolly had better character he would withdraw his nomination.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
PM rules out blocking appointment of controversial NT administrator
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will not intervene to block the appointment of the NT's incoming administrator, after a series of his past social media posts surfaced in the media.
www.abc.net.au
January 27, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Just sayin’
January 27, 2026 at 8:33 AM