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When the firies call him out on climate change, Scott Morrison should listen

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

When five former fire chiefs held a news conference on Thursday to urge the federal government to take more action on climate change, it was a challenging moment for Scott Morrison.

Those who fronted the cameras represented a group of 21 men and two women, who make up the Emergency Leaders for Climate Action. These people have led fire and...

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how holograms and other tech could help outsmart bushfires

  • Written by David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
how holograms and other tech could help outsmart bushfiresIn many countries including America, computer models are being used to predict how a fire will burn.Author provided

Australia continues to experience unprecedented destruction from bushfires. Now is the time to harness our technological tools, and find innovative ways to help alleviate the problem, and also prevent future disaster.

Predictive...

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Alison Croggon and the arts critic as an endangered species

  • Written by Peter Tregear, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne
Alison Croggon and the arts critic as an endangered speciesThe work of a first-rate critic can be as important to our appreciation and understanding of a work of art (or performance) as the immediate experience itself.Shutterstock

Review: Platform Papers 61: Criticism, Performance and the Need for Conversation, by Alison Croggon (Currency Press)

“Pay no attention to what the critics say”,...

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Minister David Littleproud on bushfires, drought, and the Nationals

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Bushfires continue to burn across NSW and Queensland, the death toll has risen, and the damage to properties, wildlife and the environment is devastating. With conditions predicted to worsen over the summer, climate change has inevitably come into the frame.

The Prime Minister and Opposition leader have said policy arguments should be avoided until...

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  1. How we plan for animals in emergencies
  2. If Dr Google's making you sick with worry, there's help
  3. the $85 million plan to desalinate water for drought relief
  4. Why do many people with Parkinson's disease develop an addiction? We built a virtual casino to find out
  5. how sexbots are marketed as companions
  6. 12 simple ways you can reduce bushfire risk to older homes
  7. how we use music to make ourselves feel at home
  8. ancient Egyptians tamed wild ibis for sacrifice
  9. the ABC's complex debate over its role as sports broadcaster
  10. How does poor air quality from bushfire smoke affect our health?
  11. here are 5 steps to help them cope
  12. how Australian bushfire writing has changed with the climate
  13. getting to the bottom of the city-country divide
  14. If Australian police officers are allowed to shoot to kill, they should be better trained
  15. Why municipal waste-to-energy incineration is not the answer to NZ's plastic waste crisis
  16. the cum-ex trading scandal and why it matters
  17. What did the High Court decide in the Pell case? And what happens now?
  18. As flames encroach, those at risk may lose phone signal when they need it most
  19. If you've given your DNA to a DNA database, US police may now have access to it
  20. Victims of child sex abuse still face significant legal barriers suing churches
  21. UWA Publishing has helped take Australian poetry into the world. Its closure would be catastrophic for poets
  22. What is a 'mass extinction' and are we in one now?
  23. It's 25 years since we redefined autism – here's what we've learnt
  24. Own a bike you never ride? We need to learn how to fail better at active transport
  25. how growth in population and consumption drives planetary change
  26. Why Australia's first securities class action judgment (sort of) cleared Myer
  27. how bushfires create their own ferocious weather systems
  28. Vaping-related lung disease now has a name – and a likely cause. 5 things you need to know about EVALI
  29. Japanese visual storytelling comes alive at OzAsia
  30. Mr Morrison, I lost my home to bushfire. Your thoughts and prayers are not enough
  31. this year's OzAsia festival fused worlds in dance
  32. Reading is more than sounding out words and decoding. That's why we use the whole language approach to teaching it
  33. the story behind our dairy woes
  34. 1 in 10 women with endometriosis report using cannabis to ease their pain
  35. Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read
  36. it's not us, it's the other lot, say the experts. So who do we believe?
  37. The government's 'new page' on Indigenous policy is actually just more of the same
  38. Frances Levvy, Australia's quietly radical early animal rights campaigner
  39. As NZ votes on euthanasia bill, here is a historical perspective on a 'good death'
  40. Some women seem to lack a key brain structure for smell -- but their sense of smell is fine
  41. When a tree dies, don't waste your breath. Rescue the wood to honour its memory
  42. Shareholder activism might sound good, but it's delusional to think it will change anything much
  43. Photojournalists are telling an important story and they should interact with their subjects
  44. Drought and climate change were the kindling, and now the east coast is ablaze
  45. 3-parent IVF could prevent illness in many children (but it's really more like 2.002-parent IVF)
  46. No, a 'complex' system is not to blame for corporate wage theft
  47. Media companies are mad as hell at tech giants and don't want to take it anymore. But what choice do they have?
  48. Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data
  49. The open access shift at UWA Publishing is an experiment doomed to fail
  50. The government is committed to an Indigenous voice. We should give it a chance to work

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