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Banning orders can encourage personal responsibility and demonstrate that anti-social behaviour will not be tolerated.
The latest survey of residents in coal seam gas regions reveals continuing lukewarm attitudes towards the industry.
The Australian monsoon delivers most of northern Australia’s rainfall and is a vital feature of life in the region. But why does it occur?
The draft plan for Southeast Queensland largely takes a ‘provide land for the predicted demand’ approach, which assumes regional planning is a type of technical process best left to the experts.
Queensland’s Supreme Court has backed the state government’s decision to approve the proposed Carmichael coal mine. But environmental groups have scored some key legal points on climate considerations.
We’re going to miss the Great Barrier Reef’s water quality targets unless we help farmers better
Queensland’s planned new coal mine could impact the climate, the Great Barrier Reef, water, and local species. Yet still it has been declared as ‘critical infrastructure’ by the state government.
Dinosaur bones unearthed at one of Australia’s richest fossil sites have introduced us to a new species: Savannasaurus, one of a family of huge dinosaurs that trekked here more than 100 million years ago.
Once upon a time dead coral was something to be celebrated on the Great Barrier Reef.
Queensland currently gets 7% of it’s electricity from renewable sources - but is aiming for 50% by 2030.
Metallic starlings – not the kind that live in your roof – breed in huge colonies that draw thousands of animals.
Member of the Climate Council this week returned to one of the areas of the Great Barrier Reef that was worst affected by this year’s coral bleaching. What they found was far from encouraging.
What will Queensland’s new laws to combat the bikie ‘menace’ actually achieve?
A recent shark licence buy-up in Australia is a great opportunity for fishers and conservation organisations to work together to maintain healthy ecosystems and fisheries.
The ailing health of the Great Barrier Reef may be attracting more tourists, at least in the short term, with a survey showing many visitors were motivated to see it while they still have the chance.
In the 1960s, with the phosphate boom over and Nauru’s economy in ruins, Australia offered to move the entire nation to Queensland’s Curtis Island. But with no sovereignty on offer, the deal collapsed.
A groundbreaking new economic study has found that investing A$8.2 billion would get us very close to hitting targets to cut water pollution into the Great Barrier Reef by 2025.
Moves to tighten land-clearing laws in Queensland and New South Wales have been met with outrage from farmers. So how can we get regulation right?
The Gold Coast Meter Maids are the most enduring example of a growing number of young women employed as promotional models in our cities. But how does this sexualised imagery shape our interactions – and men’s attitudes to women?
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor, the McKinnon Institute for Political Leadership, Monash University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor, Conservation Planning, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Associate professor, James Cook University
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Professor in Tropical Regional Development, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University
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Distinguished Professor, James Cook University
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PhD Candidate in Political Science, Griffith University
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
