00:02Western Arendar artist Corita Coulthard paints bush tucker that's been found in the Red Centre for millennia.
00:09The bush onion, the bush potatoes.
00:12It's food she remembers finding as a child.
00:15We can't see it now, we don't see them anymore around.
00:21Hard to find in a landscape overrun by buffle grass, an invasive weed introduced to control erosion and feed cattle.
00:28Local artists pulping it to make a new canvas.
00:32We decided to do the buffle grass paper and put all our bush tucker.
00:39In another part of Alice Springs volunteers tackle its spread in the Todd River.
00:44Its rampant run after winter rains sparking concerns of a big fire season.
00:49I've seen so many of these three, four hundred year old trees burn down and we're left with very few
00:57of them now.
00:57So if we can at least protect those.
00:59A recent economic study found its spread in the Territory has a high cost.
01:04The costs are about 60 times higher than the benefits.
01:08The report comes as the National Biosecurity Committee considers declaring buffle a weed of national significance.
01:14In July the committee found the invasive grass met the criteria but decided further research was needed.
01:21The Biosecurity Committee has visited every affected state for stakeholder meetings but one wasn't held in the Territory.
01:29It says it's referring to the NT Government's buffle strategy and plan as it makes its final decision.
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