Yasmine Wright Gittins
@Yasmine_w_g
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Social Media Producer | Freelance journalist & filmmaker - views are my own
Australia
Joined August 2022
Stay tuned for stories from the Pacific and epic visual content from myself & @CooperLWilliams when we head to #kanaky/#newcaledonia. We will be reporting on people, the #environment & sovereignty thanks to the @walkleys. 🇳🇨🎥
This year we have two $10,000 Sean Dorney Grants for Pacific Journalism. The first goes to Cooper Williams and Yasmine Wright Gittins. #MidYearAwards
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The #climate risk assessment warns of widespread impacts from sea level rise, an increase in heatwave deaths and major impacts to nature, even under a best-case scenario. https://t.co/P2uob6lEdh
abc.net.au
One and a half million Australians are at risk from sea levels rising by 2050 unless climate change can be limited, Australia’s first national climate risk assessment warns.
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Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory
theguardian.com
Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory
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Premier Minns’ #GreatKoalaNationalPark announcement is welcome and must be followed by locking in ending native forest logging across NSW. This is not the end of forest protest in NSW, that will come when logging ends statewide” — Bob Brown. #NSWPol
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The report suggests Nature's worth to the Aus economy is $511 Billion - The govt is failing to invest enough to protect this vital asset, considering it's currently holding back vital environmental flows in NSW @theCEWH
@NSWDCCEEW_Water
https://t.co/hgN2pVZ7bR via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
$511-billion dollars - that's the suggested value that nature injects into the Australian economy each year - according to a first of its kind report being launched in Canberra today.
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A single abandoned #gas bore in #Queensland is emitting as much #methane as the equivalent of 10,000 cars a year. And there are 130,000 of these bore holes..
reneweconomy.com.au
A single abandoned gas bore in Queensland is emitting as much methane as the equivalent of 10,000 cars a year. And there are 130,000 of these bore holes.
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Marshall Islands picks up the pieces after fire destroys its ‘heart of democracy’ https://t.co/p707qNzerT Among the objects lost to the fire were archive documents, original journal transcripts of daily sessions going back decades, and artworks that once adorned the walls.
mvariety.com
Firefighters were alerted at midnight to the fire engulfing Marshall Islands’s parliament on Aug. 26, 2025. Photo by Chewy Lin MAJURO (The Guardian/Pacnews) — In Majuro, a day after fire ravaged the...
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Cartoonist @cathywilcox1 deserves a bouquet of flowers, a pack of Tim Tams, a nice cuppa (and anything else she wants) for this outstanding accurate painfully true commentary. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #auspol
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The last of our work supported by the @walkleys Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism is out! It has been a rewarding journey, meeting communities and sharing their stories alongside @CooperLWilliams
#climate #climatejournalism #Pacific #kanaky
https://t.co/og7ynP0z9N
theguardian.com
The Heart of Voh is a symbol of New Caledonia’s pristine environment but its outline is changing due to the climate crisis
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France’s Atomic Energy Commission spent 90,000 euros in an effort to counter research in the book Toxique, which revealed that the French State consistently underestimated the ecological and human impact of nuclear testing in Māʿohi Nui #FrenchPolynesia. https://t.co/EbfSJ3bDlq
theguardian.com
Documents suggest campaign to discredit revelation that tests contaminated many more people than acknowledged
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#NewCaledonia’s giant geckos are the latest sensation in the global pet trade. But conservationists warn their social media-fuelled popularity is putting the endangered species at risk. By @Yasmine_w_g and @CooperLWilliams
@abcnews @ABC @dougdingwall
https://t.co/40nZG1Urba
abc.net.au
New Caledonia's giant geckos are the latest sensation in the global pet trade. But conservationists warn their social media-fuelled popularity is putting the endangered species at risk.
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Beyond excited to share that @CooperLWilliams & I have published our 2nd story as part of the @walkleys Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism. 📽 by Nicolas Job & Cooper Give it a watch here: https://t.co/7NYBmxp9qB
#pacific #newcaledonia #kanaky #geckos
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The world's largest and rarest geckos are a hot commodity in the pet trade. These little guys fetch thousands online and come all the way from #newcaledonia 🇳🇨. This story by @Yasmine_w_g and myself was supported by the @carrierpidgin @walkleys grant. https://t.co/N6Ic9dOOPn
abc.net.au
New Caledonia's giant geckos are the latest sensation in the global pet trade. But conservationists warn their social media-fuelled popularity is putting the endangered species at risk.
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New Caledonia's giant geckos are the latest sensation in the global pet trade. But conservationists warn their social media-fuelled popularity is putting the endangered species at risk.
abc.net.au
New Caledonia's giant geckos are the latest sensation in the global pet trade. But conservationists warn their social media-fuelled popularity is putting the endangered species at risk.
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'Final hurdle': Bougainville sets non-negotiable terms for independence
rnz.co.nz
The Autonomous Bougainville Government president says the people of Bougainville will not accept any unlawful veto by the PNG parliament of their democratic decision for self-determination.
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New report from the Pacific Network on Globalisation in Suva @pangmedia. “Blue Herrings” assesses the push to expand carbon markets into marine ecosystems – known as ‘blue carbon’ – and the danger that they will undercut reduction of emissions. https://t.co/3lrG1YWHm7
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Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin to remain in French jail
rnz.co.nz
Téin is the head of a Field Action Coordinating Cell that organised a series of marches and demonstrations that later degenerated into months of civil unrest in New Caledonia.
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Get in your application for the @walkleys Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific #Journalism before entries close on Monday! I cannot recommend this program enough - you have the opportunity to share #Pacific stories & meet amazing people along the way. https://t.co/Pw8C9PUOrS
walkleys.com
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The 1st of our stories from #NewCaledonia / #kanaky is out on ABC Pacific, give it a read (and watch on iview). Some more fascinating stories still to come! Thanks to the Sean Dorney Grant for #Pacific Journalism through the @walkleys Public Fund. @CooperLWilliams
A billion-dollar bet on nickel mining gave many New Caledonians hopes of economic prosperity and political independence. But after the market turned, the mine has left behind a ghost town full of broken hearts. https://t.co/ITEcynwPoO
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"We are asking for people who care about saving the skate from extinction, who care about ensuring our government keeps its promises, to sign our petition to end salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour." - Eloise Carr, Director, TAS #auspol 🖊️ https://t.co/lCHDs5Jpro
@GeneveraE
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Logging in the NSW proposed Great Koala National Park is about to recommence. 🧶👵’s👂today that 10% of the proposed Koala Park has been logged and the size of the proposed park is now in question. Demand your NSW MP deliver https://t.co/ebZ3bA8eDe 🧵1/2
nswforests.org
Demand an end to native forest logging in NSW and an immediate protection of the forests inside the Great Koala National Park proposal.
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