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Edition #30 · Wednesday, June 17, 2026 · 1932 positive stories
Kindness & Community

Instead of Arresting Indigenous Fishermen, Australia Begins to Pay Them to Control Sea Urchin Plague

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Instead of Arresting Indigenous Fishermen, Australia Begins to Pay Them to Control Sea Urchin Plague

Native coastal Australians are experiencing a dramatic reversal of fortunes-from facing jail time over fishing to being trained to lead a whole new fishing industry. Documented in a feature piece at Australia’s ABC News, young people from the Walbunja indigenous community are reconnecting to traditional fishing practices in order to suppress a very yummy plague […] The post Instead of Arresting Indigenous Fishermen, Australia Begins to Pay Them to Control Sea Urchin Plague appeared first on Good

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The kindness section highlights people helping people: strangers stepping in during emergencies, communities rallying around neighbors, small acts that ripple outward. These are not performative charity stories; they are moments where someone chose to act when they did not have to.

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