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Education
Thinking of Choosing a Health or PE Subject in Yr 11 / 12?
This article is part of a series providing school students with evidence-based advice for choosing subjects in their senior years. From kindergarten...
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1.6KArticleTokyo Olympics: how Hosting the Games Disrupts Local Lives and Livelihoods
In the run up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the favela community of Vila Autódromo was virtually destroyed. It sat on...
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bob Brown on his Latest Environmental Battle, and a Critique of Labor
Since his retirement from parliament in 2012, Bob Brown has remained an activist on environmental causes – from campaigning against the Adani...
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Offshore Wind Key to Energy Boom
Wind turbines off the coast could help Australia become an energy superpower, research finds Offshore wind farms are an increasingly common sight overseas....
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1.5KAgriculture
Lab-grown and Plant-based Meat – the science, Psychology and Future of Meat Alternatives Podcast
How do you mimic meat? We take a look at the science behind plant-based and cultured meat in this episode of The...
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1.5KNational
Research Reveals Environmental Performance Shaping Public Perceptions of Leaders
In recent months, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has faced pressure both domestically and internationally to do more on climate change. In contrast,...
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2.6KEnvironment
Changing Human Rubbish in Bird Nests
Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their...
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1.4KMedicine
New Vaccination Campaign is Another Wasted Opportunity
The Australian government’s new national vaccination advertisements have been described as exciting as a bowl of leftover cereal, with all the urgency...
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3.0KEnvironment
Covert Rewilding of Tasmanian Devils?
Tasmanian devil populations have been devastated over the past 25 years due to devil facial tumour disease, an infectious cancer. But the...
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1.7KEnvironment
How Dark Emu Debate Limits Representation of Aboriginal People
Anthropologist Peter Sutton and archaeologist Keryn Walshe, recently published a book titled Farmers or Hunter-gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate. This book offers...
