WHEN WE OPENED a box supplied by museum curators, our research team audibly gasped. Inside was a huge Australian magpie nest from 2018. It was more than a metre wide and made up of the strangest assortment of items, including wire coat hangers, headphones, saw blades and plastic 3D glasses —
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Nothing good here, Australia at bottom of the pack
This is the most sobering report card yet on climate change and Earth’s future. Here’s what you need to know. EARTH HAS WARMED 1.09℃ since pre-industrial times and many changes such as sea-level rise and glacier melt are now virtually irreversible, according to the most sobering report yet by the Intergovernmental Panel
Transparency in factory farming: challenge to ‘ag gag’ laws goes to High Court
The Farm Transparency Project, with local non-profit legal help, has filed a case with the Australian High Court to regain and improve public oversight in regard to animals used for food production — countering NSW laws that have attempted to criminalise evidence gathering of cruel practices in factory farming situations. Here is the
Elder, lawman, survivor: new stamp discovery is the latest chapter in Gwoja Tjungurrayi’s remarkable life in pictures
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people. EVERY CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN has likely seen Gwoja Tjungurrayi’s image. Tjungurrayi, a stockman, traditional lawman, and survivor of the brutal 1928 Coniston massacre, is the Warlpiri-Anmatyerr Aboriginal man engraved on our two dollar coin. IMAGERY from
Is PM’s slippery act infectious?
No action on purpose-built quarantine facilities, complacency about vaccine rollouts, and another Victorian lockdown: Is Scott Morrison’s charmed political act waning with a routine-driven media? University of Melbourne journalism researcher Dennis Muller gives us some answers in The Conversation. Scott-free no more? Why the prime minister's smooth media run may be coming to
10 million animals are hit on our roads each year
How to prepare and protect your gut health over Christmas and the silly season
IT’S THAT TIME of year again, with Christmas parties, end-of-year get-togethers and holiday catch-ups on the horizon for many of us — all COVID-safe, of course. All that party food and takeaway, however, can have consequences for your gut health. Gut health matters. Your gut is a crucial part your immune
Despite more than 30 major inquiries, governments still haven’t fixed aged care.
Introducing the Maliwawa Figures: a previously undescribed rock art style found in Western Arnhem Land
WESTERN ARNHEM LAND, Northern Territory, has a remarkable range and number of rock art sites, rivalling that of Europe, southern Africa and various parts of Asia. Several thousand sites have been documented and each year new discoveries are made by various research teams working closely with local Aboriginal communities. ABOVE: A
Research reveals shocking detail on how Australia’s environmental scientists are being silenced
ECOLOGISTS AND CONSERVATION experts in government, industry and universities are routinely constrained in communicating scientific evidence on threatened species, mining, logging and other threats to the environment, our new research has found. Our study, just published, shows how important scientific information about environmental threats often does not reach the public