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ABC apologises as Radio National and other services hit by outages

Back to ABC RN, which is still playing silence for this blogger, and the broadcaster has provided an update over the technical difficulties – which have now lasted almost an hour.

In a statement, it told Guardian Australia the outages were also hitting some other audio broadcasting and streaming services.

The ABC is aware of an issue which began after 8:00am AEDT this morning and is impacting Radio National and other audio services on broadcast and streaming services including ABC listen.

The ABC apologises for any inconvenience caused and we are working to understand and resolve the issue as soon as possible.

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Members of the public are being urged to help track the extent of a fish kill in a region hit hard by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred, AAP reports.

Thousands of fish have been washing up dead or gasping on the banks of the Richmond River at Ballina in northern NSW, according to habitat charity OzFish.

Locals have been warned to brace for more fish kills as the effects of the ex-tropical cyclone continue to wreak havoc a week after it crossed the coast, triggering widespread flooding in northern NSW and southeast Queensland.

A NSW government fisheries spokesperson said an investigation was under way into reports of the kill.

Fisheries staff are liaising with local councils on monitoring water quality and the fish deaths, with several locations impacted. Ongoing fish kills in this region can be expected over the coming days and into next week.

OzFish chief executive Cassie Price said black water containing very low levels of oxygen was likely the cause.

Contamination happens when organic matter is washed into waterways, turning a dark colour and stripping water of oxygen as it decomposes.

Photos supplied by the charity appear to show fish washed up on the riverbank, while it has also received reports of mud crabs and eels emerging from the water to escape the contamination.



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