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SA bans corflutes on Stobie poles
University of South Australia, Robert Hicks

Displaying election advertisements on public infrastructure is a thing of the past in South Australia after law changes targeting corflutes (plastic...

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February Podcast: The Professional Recyclers

This month on Making a Difference is the first in our Long Read series where we focus on one, in-depth story each episode. Aston Brown from...

DOOMSCROLLING - A Soothing Compulsion
DOOMSCROLLING - A Soothing Compulsion
Griffith University, Michelle Homsombat

Michelle Homsombat's short documentary aims to investigate the act of doomscrolling and how it affects a person’s physical and mental wellbeing.     If...

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The vaping epidemic
The vaping epidemic
University of Newcastle, Saffire Penn

Saffire Penn explores the attraction for young adults to this increasingly controversial trend and hears first-hand from three former vapers about how and why they quit.

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Opposition to hospital move
Edith Cowan University, Danica Spurr

The WA Government is proceeding with plans to build the state's new Women and Babies Hospital on the Fiona Stanley Hospital site in Murdoch, rather than in the QEII precinct in Nedlands, despite opposition from community groups and the Australian Medical...

Google Earth is confused about the name for the rock off Tasmanias Trefoil Island. Image: Google.
Renaming N-word Rock
University of Melbourne, Larissa Sutherland
Unofficially, authorities have tried to scrub it from maps. But efforts to rename a craggy rock in Bass Strait, off the north-west coast of Tasmania, are mired in questions of language, phonetics and history needs to go is not in dispute.
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February Podcast: The Professional Recyclers
January 31, 2024

This month on Making a Difference is the first in our Long Read series where we focus on one, in-depth...

DOOMSCROLLING - A Soothing Compulsion
DOOMSCROLLING - A Soothing Compulsion
Griffith University, Michelle Homsombat • January 19, 2024

Michelle Homsombat's short documentary aims to investigate the act of doomscrolling and how it affects...

Native Australian Bees
Native Australian Bees
Griffith University, Ben Trood • January 17, 2024

Australian native bees are not as well-known as European honey bees and are often taken for granted....

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January Podcast Out Now
January 4, 2024

In this episode, reporters from Deakin University look at how important health issues – period poverty,...

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