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After the bushfires, we went looking for endangered corroboree frogs. Normally, they respond to our calls. But at some sites, the ponds were silent.
From 2021, Australians will no longer be able to buy nicotine-containing e-fluids, without both a prescription and someone licensed to import it for them, raising fears many will go back to smoking.
Bob Santamaria knew four Australian prime ministers. Is he the most significant figure in Australian politics never to have held office?
An Aboriginal tree on Wiradjuri Country is much younger than anybody thought.
Untuk menarik perhatian pada konflik baru di Papua Barat, peneliti Australia menengok puluhan tahun ke belakang untuk mendokumentasikan insiden kekerasan dalam proyek pemetaan baru.
Social distancing forced most film and television production into shutdown. But a new batch of screen content shows the virtues of bricolage culture - tinkering with what’s available.
Once again, the state looks intent on pressing ahead with a huge road project without releasing a business case. Among the many concerns is the failure to look at lower-emission alternatives.
These megafauna were the largest land animals to live in Australia since the time of the dinosaurs.
To bring attention to the renewed conflict in West Papua, Australian researchers are going back decades to document incidents of violence in a new mapping project.
Children on the autism spectrum find it difficult to learn independently and manage their time. Parents can use these 5 strategies to help their child learn from home during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Researchers built cheap air quality monitors using parts found at hardware and electronics scores. The results have big implications for anyone who travels outside near busy roads.
For many children, the pandemic means staying at home, not seeing friends or going to the playground. It’s difficult to regulate emotions with so much going on. But there are ways parents can help.
Anxiety and loneliness affect many people at the best of times. The pandemic-induced isolation and stress won’t be helping, but cities can do many things to improve the ‘emotional climate’.
The federal government wants Australians to sign up to the TraceTogether app, which logs your social interactions via bluetooth. But how much privacy will we sacrifice to combat COVID-19?
Before you stock the pantry with chocolate this Easter, think twice about whether it’s ethically produced.
Budding filmmakers needn’t let isolation stand in the way of their cinematic dreams. Here are five and a half ways you can make movie magic at home.
The heatwave highlights the connectedness of our climate systems: from the monsoon tropics to the southernmost continent.
With shelves empty, wartime pages of the Australian Women’s Weekly show us how Australians have dealt with food shortages in the past: with creativity, ingenuity and good humour.
Government schools remain open but many parents are already voluntarily keeping their children home in an effort to ‘flatten the curve’.
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Lecturer, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer, University of Wollongong
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Deputy Head—School of the Arts, English and Media, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer and Academic Barrister, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong
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Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, University of Wollongong
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Honorary Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Distinguished Professor of Statistics, University of Wollongong
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Professor, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer, Communication and Media, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor, Creative Writing, University of Wollongong
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Associate professor, University of Wollongong
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Associate professor, University of Wollongong
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Associate professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong
