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Environment
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When Australia’s first Environment Ambassador helped save Antarctica from mining
Australia has had a special Ambassador for the Environment since 1989, and without that first appointment, Antarctica might’ve been open to commercial mining
Education
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Australian universities must prioritise Indigenous engineers
Indigenous ingenuity has all the hallmarks that modern engineers strive for – and Australia universities must shift their higher education paradigm
Arts & Culture
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Why children’s stories are full of orphans, evil stepmothers and boarding schools
While ideas of family are changing, from Charles Dickens to Harry Potter, absent parents endure in children’s literature
Health & Medicine
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Our mental health has gone digital
Apps, wearables and ingestibles that support digital mental health have lowered barriers to access but have profound social, ethical, and legal implications
Environment
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Black Summer showed we’re good in an emergency but bad in a crisis
Australia’s emergency response to bushfire is “exemplary” but we repeatedly fail to deal with the climate crises that cause disasters
Politics & Society
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The great ‘gayby’ boom
Changing social and legal perspectives of parenthood, and access to the global fertility industry has enabled a huge rise in queer people raising children
Health & Medicine
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How epigenetics is transforming our understanding of evolution
A new book reveals how a population’s non-genetic responses to environmental change are central to the process of evolution
Environment
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The Indigenous cultural knowledges co-designing campuses
Universities are often catalysts for change. A new book explores modern Australian university campuses, focusing on the increasing role of Country and Indigenous co-design
Health & Medicine
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Knowing when to seek help for mental health
When challenges arise we may feel confused, but there are five signs to help us understand when to seek mental health support