A mysterious toxic algal bloom washing up on South Australian beaches is being described as an unfolding ecological disaster. Marine animals are dying, and swimmers have reported feeling sick after being in contaminated water. South Australia's Environment Minister and Deputy Premier Susan Close, says local and state government are working together to understand the event.
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00:00As soon as we realised that there was a problem out in the ocean, we started doing testing.
00:07It took a few days to get the scientists with all of the information back, but as soon as
00:11we had it, we shared it.
00:13We're all exploring what it's like to live in this world where there are events that
00:18are regarded as unprecedented.
00:19I think the UN said that there were over 150 unprecedented events last year associated
00:25with climate change.
00:26Now we're experiencing one here.
00:27But all of the authorities have rallied together, they're sharing their data.
00:31We have had two roundtables with local members of parliament, local mayors, in order to be
00:36able to share the information that we as government have, because this mustn't be party political,
00:41this must be about getting information out into the public.
00:44This has almost certainly been caused by climate change.
00:47So what we're wanting is for people to understand that climate change isn't something remote
00:51where you see California burning in the middle of their winter and think, oh that's terrible,
00:56isn't it?
00:57It's something that will come to each community in different forms and here we are in South
01:01Australia suffering through this particular example of what it means to have heated up this
01:06planet.
01:06Well, that is for government, but I think a lot of colleagues have done a significant two hours,
01:11though we haven't done some chaos in this form.
01:12Not just asunder that.
01:13There's two doors to us, so we do not.
01:14Many would 12 people calllegeers, so we don't times into door driven here at Sant' Wi-Kari,
01:14and to get pictures with Canadian clubs outside the way, which is one of my big three
01:19and one of my 20 people as a units, now we have not ran up?
01:19So where do I stay again?
01:20Not just like us today?
01:21Oh no that doesn't even know?
01:22I do.
01:22Okay they're doing nothing, okay.
01:24While our own
01:24and seminary are doing fun, but we are doing it.
01:26Take care of all of our life comes into flight riders before us out.
01:30So there's another Stallone.