FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 4 - Caught on Camera

Disability and dignity – 4 things to think about if you want to 'help'

The prevailing public perception is that everything people with disability do is a challenge. Sometimes, that is true. In those times, we may ask or say “yes” to a kind and respectful offer of assistance. Other times, and more often than not, we are simply navigating daily life when a…

The Conversation · Feb 19, 2023

‘Birdsville mindset’: what an outback town where the roads melt can teach us about living with heat

Where better to plan strategies for dealing with the new climate normal than the edge of Australia’s Simpson Desert?

The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2023

Blanket ban on mobile phones in schools disadvantages students, education expert says

A Griffith University lecturer says banning mobile phones in schools hinders a student's ability to prepare themselves for the real world.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2023

Reaping what we sow: cultural ignorance undermines Australia's recruitment of Pacific Island workers

Alice and Scott* have been running their two-storey pub-turned-backpacker hostel in Queensland’s Wide Bay region, north of Brisbane, for more a decade. Over the years they’ve provided accommodation for thousands of backpackers and itinerant workers who come to the region for fruit-picking jobs.

The Conversation · Jan 19, 2023

Strep A cases are rising. We must remember our earliest hygiene lessons as vaccine trials continue

Group A streptococci, also known as “strep A”, were the first organisms ever identified to be the cause of a disease.

The Conversation · Jan 16, 2023

Former Australian of the Year and trailblazing scientist Alan Mackay-Sim dies

The former Australian of the Year is probably best known as the scientist who led the world's first human trial using transplanted nasal cells into the spinal cords of three patients with paraplegia.

ABC News · Jan 5, 2023

From Ukraine To Uganda, Meet The Aussie Who’s Been Saving Lives Abroad For Years

"I realised how interconnected this world is."

Pedestrian.tv · Dec 21, 2022

Researchers launch trial to treat long COVID with drug used to block effects of opioids

Queensland researchers have led the way to find an overlap between long COVID and chronic fatigue. Now they're calling for participants in a trial to treat the illness.

ABC News · Dec 20, 2022

Voters abandon major parties, study finds

In 1967, about three in four voters said they always voted for the same party but in 2022 this has dropped to just over one in three.

AAP · Dec 4, 2022

Leadership, independents key to election

An academic study of the 2022 federal election has found voters were attracted by Labor's strong leadership, but many abandoned both major parties.

AAP · Dec 4, 2022