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Brisbane rents are up nearly 50% more than the national average and homelessness in Queensland is increasing at the fastest rate in the country. The state can take several steps to turn things around.
Queensland is still clearing large tracts of land to run more cattle. This comes at a huge cost to our native animals and plants.
This year sees three more states introduce voluntary assisted dying. But there are still several barriers to overcome.
Here are four reasons their victory is so significant.
Pumped hydro offers us large scale energy storage. If we do it carefully, we can make sure these dams don’t cause the damage of the past.
With one exception, it offers refreshing guidance to jurisdictions across Australia showing signs of complacency about integrity.
In 1881, a Pacific Islander woman brought here to work on a sugar cane plantation ran away. She was violently retrieved by her employer. Her story sheds moving light on a dark history of exploitation.
If anything, Brisbane has long-mirrored the broader Queensland rebellious streak when it comes to politics.
The aftershocks of the 2022 federal election are likely to reverberate around the nation’s party system for years to come.
In the first week of the campaign we journeyed around the country with a team of politics experts. Now we retrace our steps to look at what’s happened since.
This goes against the general understanding of how climate change impacts the coast. So what’s going on?
What are the key seats and issues affecting Australians? Six experts tell us what to expect in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales.
While it has often elected state Labor governments, Queensland has more often than not leaned to the Coalition on a federal level. And this year it may have a significant effect on the outcome.
The best way to experience a rainforest canopy is by crane - and researchers have made full use of Australia’s first canopy crane.
Australia’s political economy was built on the primacy of (white) male labor, male power and male control, writes Julianne Schultz. Women have changed this culture - but still risk abuse when speaking out.
How does this compare to Australia’s previous floods? And can we expect more frequent floods at this scale under climate change? The answers aren’t straightforward.
Latest results show Labor ahead of the Coalition federally as well as in South Australia, Queensland and possibly NSW.
Two newly discovered species of quokka-sized kangaroos, which lived 18 million years ago in the Queensland rainforest, show evolution in the act of giving kangaroos a taste for leaves.
Treaties with First Nations people are being developed across Australia. However, without a history of treaty law in Australia, serious questions arise about the best approach.
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Adjunct Professor of Politics. Griffith Business School, 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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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Professor, Conservation Planning, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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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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Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Distinguished Professor, James Cook University
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Professor in Tropical Regional Development, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University
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PhD Candidate in Political Science, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
