Patting, shoeing, grooming, feeding, and even putting them in a stable - the list of seemingly benign human interactions that can confuse or upset horses is surprisingly long. On the eve of the official Horse’s Birthday, we explain why.
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There has been some progress on judicial reform in Australia since the protests began, but structural change requires a truth-telling process and a real commitment from government for action.
One vet suggested bushfire smoke had killed the smoky mouse – and asked, in a nod to the species’ name, if this was a case of “death by irony”.
When the post-bushfire rains finally arrived, the situation for many fish species went from dangerous to catastrophic. A slurry of ash and mud washed into waterways, sending oxygen levels plummeting.
The number of visitors to the restored wetlands is increasing each year, as is the wildlife.
Fish must be released into good quality water, with suitable habitat and lots of food. These conditions have been quite rare in Murray Darling rivers in recent years.
If perception is everything in politics, what does it say when a leader poses with a Trump MAGA hat?
The Indigenous Constitutional Voice has been miscast by mischievous politicians as quasi-separatism. Australians were frightened by the inference it was not just illiberal, but un-Australian.
How fast can an animal run? How intense was the fire? Picking which species to help after a bushfire tragedy is no easy task.
Researchers report on how COVID-19 is affecting isolated Indigenous communities. Their voices bridge the urban divide, reveal challenges and describe some unexpected bonuses.
The federal government’s decision to water down commercial TV networks’s content quotas until the end of the year is another body-blow to the arts.
Now more than ever, the media should inform, not inflame.
As it has for many other people, the lockdown restrictions to deal with the spread of coronavirus is having a signficiant impact on the way Msulims practise their faith.
Most fungi go unseen, but they play a vital role in ecosystems.
Wet and bulky cattle dung is very unlike marsupial dung that Australian dung beetles are adapted to deal with, meaning native dung beetles tend to leave it alone. But help from abroad is at hand.
Some graphic novels can spur teens’ engagement with social justice issues.
Fentanyl has been a prime culprit in the opioid crisis in the United States. It’s now turning up in cocaine and methamphetamine in New South Wales.
The contested province of Idlib has become a focus of the conflict, which has become increasingly violent and dangerous.
Recent rains have not eliminated the threat of a repeat of last summer’s mass fish deaths.
We all want to help native animals recover after bushfires, but giving a koala a drink from your water bottle can cause more harm than good. Here are some helpful things you can do.
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Senior Manager, Brisbane Catholic Education & Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct), Charles Sturt University
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Post Doctoral Fellow-School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Terrorism and Assymetric Conflict and Senior Researcher in Urban Warfare (UNSW), Charles Sturt University
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Senior lecturer, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer, Charles Sturt University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct research associate, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer in Terrorism Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Historian, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer in Fraud and Financial Crime Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer in Human Movement Studies (Health and PE) and Creative Arts, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Research Fellow, Energy & Circularity, Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University
