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EFFECTIVE management of feral animals can play a part in achieving net-zero emissions in Australia by 2050, according to the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions. The announcement comes as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this year issued a report recommending direct,…
THE Government’s world-first National Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy is being celebrated as a transformative step to improving child mental health. The strategy provides a framework to guide the development of a comprehensive, integrated system of services to children aged 0-12…
NEW best practice principles for the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement have been released by the World Economic Forum. The proposed governance framework will be piloted in the Netherlands to see if it can mitigate the risks inherent in…
IN October 2020 Tasmania Devils were reintroduced to mainland Australia after 3000 years. Understanding the Tassie Devils’ canine tooth shape and wear can give researchers valuable insights into their evolution and management in captivity. Monash University researcher Tahlia Pollock says that canine…
IN December 2018, what started as heartburn within minutes became mortally serious for Sharon Kort. She began to lose feeling in her arms while filling her car with petrol after a hard gym session. “By the time they were making my coffee…
ONE in three current and former athletes are struggling with troubling relationships to food and worsening body image during the pandemic, according to new research published by Swinburne University. The University’s lead researcher Dr Georgina Buckley found current and former athletes are…
IT took several months of GPs and specialists saying everything was completely fine before Samantha Dennoui first took her son Noah to Monash Children’s Hospital Cancer Centre. “Noah came to me with a little lump right under his collarbone that you really,…
Asthma Australia is taking a robust approach to bring awareness to deadly air pollution levels in Australia as today kicks off National Asthma Week. ‘Air Nutrition – you are what you breathe’ encourages Australians to think differently about what they are breathing…
EXPORTING ants from Australia poses a global biohazard risk a new investigation by the Invasive Species Council has found. International and Australian bio-networks may now face the threat of over 500 species currently obtainable online with highly dangerous and invasive ants available…
AUSTRALIAN farmers have welcomed a new agricultural visa scheme announced Monday designed to fill disastrous labour shortages in the horticulture industry despite the pointed criticism from the federal opposition. A joint statement from Labor’s shadow minister for immigration and citizenship Senator Kristina Keneally,…
