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2.0KMeasuring the January 2019 Fire
Measuring a Fire. The Story of the January 2019 Fire Told from Measurements at the Warra Supersite, Tasmania by Tim Wardlaw ARC...
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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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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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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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Young nipaluna Episode #5 Tom Theissen-Delaney
https://platform-youthculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/MASTER_Tom_introandoutro_0507.mp3 This time on Young nipaluna, City of Hobart Community Development Officer Nunami Sculthorpe-Green talks to Tom Theissen-Delaney an Aboriginal agricultural science...
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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...
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Q&A: Asquith & Bartkowiak-Théron on Policing and Vulnerable People
Nicole L. Asquith & Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron talk about issues raised in their new book 'Policing Practices and Vulnerable People'.
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You Want to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of your Food?
To reduce your carbon footprint, you should largely focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local.
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Meet the Broad-toothed Rat
Am I not pretty enough? This is the first article in The Conversation’s series introducing you to the unloved Australian animals that...
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1.1KGetting the Flu Shot This Year
As we enter winter, the flu season is upon us. Plummeting temperatures, low humidity and an increased number of people returning to...
