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A bricks and mortar approach to fighting modern slavery

The nature of the construction industry makes it very vulnerable to modern slavery. Addressing the problem will take more than just legislation.

360info · Nov 13, 2022

Return to Uluru: ending the unfinished business that began with a 1934 police shooting

Ninety years after Pitjantjatjara man Yukun was killed by police and his remains sent to museums in Adelaide, he is finally laid to rest

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2022

Aboriginal man laid to rest in moving ceremony 90 years after he was killed by police at Uluru

Family of Yukun call for government apology and compensation as university says sorry for storing remains

The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2022

Murders, rapes and more cases like the Somerton Man could be solved with more use of genetic genealogy technology, expert says

A forensic anthropologist and criminologist says Australian police forces should be quicker to embrace the genetic genealogy technology that was used by researchers to identify the Somerton Man after more than 70 years of mystery.

ABC News · Jul 27, 2022

Researchers claim to have solved mystery of stranger who washed up on Australian beach 70 years ago

South Australia Police and Forensic Science South Australia have not verified the findings of Prof Abbott so far

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022

Somerton man 'identified' as Carl Webb

A University of Adelaide professor says he's identified the so-called Somerton man as Victorian engineer Carl Webb, ending an enduring mystery.

AAP · Jul 27, 2022

University of Adelaide student union rebrands with same name as porn website

SA Greens MP Robert Simms has questioned a decision by Adelaide University's student union to rebrand, saying it's a "pretty sad day when students wanting to Google their student union come up with a porn site".

ABC News · Jul 21, 2022

Special Report: Pacific primer

Not usually at the forefront of geopolitical argy-bargy, the Pacific has recently emerged as a strategic element of securing democracy. A rift threatened to tear apart normally unshakeable regional unity in 2021, with five Micronesian countries threatening to leave the most powerful transnational group, the Pacific Islands Forum. Ahead of…

360info · Jul 8, 2022

Philosopher UT Place donates brain to University of Adelaide after dedicating his life to studying the mind

Philosopher UT Place spent much of his time thinking about brains — what they are, how they work and how they produce conscious experience. When he died, he donated his own brain for public display.

ABC News · Jun 26, 2022

Biological defleecing trials produce promising results in 'potential game changer' for wool industry

Wool producers look for alternative ways to get the fleece off their animals amid the shearer shortage, and biological defleecing could be the answer.

ABC News · Jun 20, 2022