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There are 14 wild orange-bellied parrots left – this summer is our last chance to save them

  • Written by: Rob Heinsohn, Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Biology, Australian National University

When only 14 of any species are left in the wild, you know they are in trouble.

Such is the crisis faced by the last remaining population of orange-bellied parrots in southwest Tasmania. To make matters even worse, very few of these birds are females.

On our trip to southwest Tasmania on Tuesday, we found four nests. We will be returning to the...

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Reinventing density: co-living, the second domestic revolution

  • Written by: Timothy Moore, PhD Candidate, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne
imageThe Collective Old Oak co-living block in London has more than 500 apartments with bedrooms and bathrooms. All other spaces are shared.David Hawgood/Geograph, CC BY-SA

This is the third piece in our series, Reinventing density, co-published with Future West (Australian Urbanism).


Many housing types are totally at odds with how people live today...

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Is it OK for medical students to practise on themselves?

  • Written by: Eleanor Milligan, Academic Lead, Ethics and Professional Practice, Griffith University
imageFor some medical students, learning on simulated patients isn't enough.from www.shutterstock.com

Medical students are practising invasive clinical procedures on themselves and fellow students at home as well as at medical school, a recent New Zealand study has confirmed.

These procedures commonly include inserting a cannula, taking blood, and giving...

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Long before Europeans, traders came here from the north and art tells the story

  • Written by: Ted Snell, Professor, Chief Cultural Officer, Cultural Precinct, University of Western Australia
imageDetail of Mungurrawuy Yunipingu (Gumatj), Macassan Prau 1946.Berndt Collection, Berndt Museum, The University of Western Australia

As part of the celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog “bumping” into the north-west coast of Australia, Travellers and Traders in the Indian Ocean World charts the ebb and...

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  11. Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce on the state of the National Party
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  13. Why Trump is right, and wrong, about killing off the TPP
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  16. Dutton's attack on Fraser shows how low our politicians are willing to go on refugees
  17. How Western Australia is handling the end of the mining boom
  18. A flawed system delivered Trump victory – and now we brace ourselves for what's next
  19. Labor maintains steady 53-47 Newspoll lead, but Turnbull's ratings improve
  20. Can billions of litres of coal seam gas water be safely reinjected into the ground?
  21. Is Fukushima still safe after the latest earthquake?
  22. 'Fake news' is poison for the body politic – can it be stopped?
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  24. What is critical thinking? And do universities really teach it?
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