I've just returned from South Australia, on the traditional lands of the Kaurna, Ngarrindjeri and Narungga and People, where a devastating algal bloom is wreaking havoc on nature, communities and businesses.
The algal bloom, a rapid increase in an algae called Karenia mikimotoi, is caused by an ocean heatwave mixing with nutrient polluted flood waters - both supercharged by burning fossil fuels.
While we were there, the Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt came to town, announcing $14 million to assist South Australia to grapple with the ongoing disaster.
But after nearly five months of devastation, nothing is being done to address the causes. The Albanese government is still approving coal and gas projects and hasn't yet delivered on its long-promised national laws to protect nature. Here's why the algal bloom is South Australia backs in the need to do both.
