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Saving the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Julie Old | November 12, 2024The northern hairy-nosed wombat is one of the rarest land mammals in the world and was thought extinct before 30 individuals were discovered in a tiny patch of Epping Forest National Park in Queensland. Populations have risen from just 113 twenty years ago to over 400 today, but understanding these animals better is vital if they are to be saved.
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How the Democrats lost the working class
George Morgan | November 12, 2024Kamala Harris built her campaign around social movements of gender and race with a raft of celebrity endorsements but her failure to appeal to white working class males cost her the election.
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How will Trump’s tariffs affect Australia?
Katie Miller | November 12, 2024With the newly elected Trump administration threatening to introduce higher tariffs on imports, the Australian government should act quickly to seek tariff exemptions, and businesses should prepare to adapt to a more challenging trade position
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NAPLAN scores survived the COVID closures
Katie Miller | November 11, 2024A new study co-authored by researchers from UNSW Business School and University of Sydney suggests that Australian students’ NAPLAN scores remained stable despite the COVID lockdowns, but the social and psychological effects of the long-lock downs are less certain.
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Finding a cure for “digital flu”
David Grimes | November 11, 2024Misinformation spreads like a virus online, but this model also offers hope for countermeasures such as ‘prebunking’.
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Fit kids make happy teens and healthy adults
Grace McKeon | November 11, 2024The mental health benefits of exercise for adults are well known, and staying active could also be a key ingredient to safeguarding and enhancing young people’s mental health.
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To live
Shiori Shakuto | November 11, 2024Japan, like Australia, has an ageing population so what can we learn from the ways that Japanese men and women handle the changes and transitions of later life?
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The odd couple
Michael McKernan | November 10, 2024The Odd Couple could not come at a more critical time. As American democracy faces its biggest test in generations, Allan Behm brings a creative and deeply researched approach to the long-term Australia–US relationship, putting it in historical and cultural perspective and revealing its true nature.
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War in the clouds
Andrew Horton | November 10, 2024Relying on foreign cloud providers raises serious concerns about who ultimately controls our data and the systems that host it.
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Quieting the voices
Open Forum | November 10, 2024People with psychosis who hear distressing voices could benefit from a new therapy which allows them to confront a digital embodiment of the voice.
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A beacon of hope
Robert Horvath | November 9, 2024Alexei Navalny’s posthumously published autobiography details his brave struggle against Putin’s tyranny and offers hope his death at the hands of Russia’s corrupt and brutal penal system will not have been in vain.
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Inequality breeds discontent
Nicholas Biddle | November 9, 2024A meta-study of public opinion polls reveals that Australians who resent gross inequalities in income levels also have less faith in that nation’s democratic institutions.
