Territory Rivers: Keep 'em Flowing

12/03/2026

12/03/2026

Our thoughts are with communities across the Top End as we face this major flooding event.

These events remind us how powerful and unpredictable our big rivers can be, and how closely our communities are connected to them.

Please stay safe, follow local emergency guidance, and look after each other as recovery begins. Together we can protect both our rivers and the people who live alongside them.

27/02/2026

This week Adele and Thor met with Suki Dorras-Walker, Greens Candidate for Nightcliff and discussed the importance of healthy coasts and rivers for our economy, local tourism jobs, and marine life.

Please see Suki's statement below:

“I am proud to support the Keep Top End Coasts Healthy. The Top End’s coasts and rivers are precious tropical ecosystems. We need clear action to protect Darwin Harbour and our coasts, reduce plastic pollution, keep our rivers free-flowing, and ban fracking and new fossil fuel projects. Decisions must be made with communities and Traditional Owners, not behind closed doors. Nightcliff has voted to do politics differently, and I am ready to hold the major parties accountable and keep Nightcliff green.” - Suki Dorras-Walker, Greens Candidate for Nightcliff

Remember, we are non-partisan and will never tell you who to vote for. But we will acknowledge commitments by candidates to protect our coasts.

27/02/2026

Join us for an insightful evening with Dr Jonathan Nevill to learn about river conservation policy.

Drawing on decades of experience, Jonathan will explore policy frameworks for systematic river protection and what this could mean for the future of our waterways.

📅Tuesday 3 March | 5:30–6:30pm | ECNT Nightcliff Space - 4 Pavonia Place

Can’t attend in person? Reach out and we'll send through a Zoom link.

27/02/2026

New research into rivers worldwide show that extreme climate events such as floods, droughts and heatwaves are pushing river ecosystems beyond their limits.

In the Top End, we have some of the last free-flowing tropical river systems in the world - let's act to protect them before it's too late.

Read more: https://theconversation.com/extreme-weather-is-transforming-the-worlds-rivers-we-need-new-ways-to-protect-them-276358

25/02/2026

The federal government has given the green light for the bulldozing of nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna in the Northern Territory without an assessment under Australia’s nature laws.

The planned development would clear 2,723 hectares of woodland – an area 10 times the size of Sydney’s CBD – on Claravale tation in the Daly River region for crops, including sorghum and cotton.

The decision effectively green lights the destruction of likely habitat for 13 threatened species, including Gouldian finches, freshwater sawfish, pig-nosed turtles, red goshawks and ghost bats.

15/01/2026

17/10/2025

We're hitting the road to Save our Springs! We'll be in Mataranka and Jilkminggan next Tuesday to share the latest news on our challenge to the Mataranka Water Allocation Plan.

Come along and share your concerns about water issues in the Roper River catchment. Refreshments provided.

If you can't make it you can learn more about the case here: https://ow.ly/FGbx50Xakgn

We're hitting the road to Save our Springs! We'll be in Mataranka and Jilkminggan next Tuesday to share the latest news on our challenge to the Mataranka Water Allocation Plan. Come along and share your concerns about water issues in the Roper River catchment. Refreshments provided. If you can't make it you can learn more about the case here: https://ow.ly/FGbx50Xakgn

14/08/2025

Vote 1 ghost bat!

The ghost bat (Macroderma gigas) is Australia's only carnivorous bat, living in large colonies in northern QLD, WA and the NT.

But these fascinating creatures are threatened by land clearing projects, which could destroy their habitat and disturb whole colonies alongside our Top End rivers.

As part of National Science Week, ABC Science want you to vote for Australia's most underrated animal - and what better way to stand up for NT rivers than voting for the ghost bat?

Vote for the ghost bat: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-08-01/science-week-underrated-australian-animal-vote/105582104

13/08/2025

Environment Centre NT's Kirsty Howey talks to about projects under the Ord Stage 3 development that will store water from the Keep River.