Netflix’s edgy teen dramas attract criticism, but it is targeting a demographic that Australian broadcasters have almost entirely abandoned. We need more local stories that speak to teenagers.
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The footprints of dinosaurs can tell a lot about how they moved about many millions of years ago.
Because of the way our brains work, we can remember songs and rhymes much more easily than just words or letters. The ABC song teaches kids the basics of the English language.
The lack of strong female characters in children’s picture books is oft-lamented. But a new crop of books invites girls to write themselves into history.
What does God have to do with climate change? A lot, if you want to engage with communities in the Pacific Islands, where almost everyone goes to church and religious leaders are hugely influential.
Could it be all just a terrible misunderstanding? Researchers are increasingly turning to love to understand hate.
The ABC is dragging its heels in providing new Australian content to audiences, due to a lack of governance, an inadequate Charter and its poor relationship with the independent production sector.
TV networks must produce new local children’s TV drama each year - but they are increasingly making animation, with little sense of place. We need shows that will reflect kids’ lives back to them.
There are very few approaches that examine all aspects of the complexity of urban design and development. Ergonomics, human factors and sociotechnical systems methods offer a way forward.
Ambience is a result of a whole range of processes and physical objects. We can use a systems approach to examine and describe what needs to be done to achieve such a subjective quality in a street.
The State of the Environment 2016 report shows that the main drivers of environmental change in Australia are land-use change, habitat destruction, invasive species and climate change.
Understanding what makes a neighbourhood street a good place to live for adults with intellectual disability can help create places that are good for everyone.
Smart cities do more than develop products to increase productivity and prosperity. Mayors, CEOs and leaders engage entire communities in shaping the future of cities.
Humans have three basic needs that drive motivation - without them our performance is likely to suffer.
Greater Geelong’s ‘Our Future’ is a process of involving industry professionals and the community in the development of a long-term vision for Victoria’s second-biggest city.
New technology reveals that digging echidnas play a crucial role in Australia’s ecosystems.
Furores over blackface happen with disturbing regularity in Australia. To help explain why blackface is more than a simple case of harmless parody - or even honouring your hero - we must understand its harmful history.
Katter’s Australian Party federal MP Bob Katter said 30% of the Northern Territory’s farmland and 22% of Tasmania’s farmland is foreign-owned. Is that true?
The success of para-athletes at the Paralympics is helping to change perceptions of those with disabilities.
Technology has had a particularly visible impact on the Paralympics. But the the most important thing is to let the athlete’s ability come to the fore.
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Discipline Lead - Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in History, specialising in built heritage and material culture, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in Music, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Lecturer in Contemporary Music, University of the Sunshine Coast
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University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer, Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Global-Change Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Research Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in International Business, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Lecturer and Academic Lead for Work Integrated Learning, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Adjunct Professor of Education, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Lecturer in Sociology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Adjunct Research Fellow in Geography and Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast
