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From frog saunas to butterfly puddles: 8 ways to turn your homes into a wildlife refuge

Native animals can make excellent neighbours. Blue banded bees pollinate our vegetable gardens. Microbats eat up to 1,200 mosquitoes a night and powerful owls keep rodents at bay. But could we go one step further, and change our homes to invite native animals in as housemates?

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Loot boxes are still rife in kids’ mobile games, despite ban on ‘gambling-like’ features

In September 2024, Australia introduced a new classification approach for games with gambling-like content.

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Warn, hide or stand out? How colour in the animal world is a battle for survival

The animal world is incredibly colourful, and behind this colour palette is a constant game of survival.

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Our new study found AI is wreaking havoc on uni assessments. Here’s how we should respond

Artificial intelligence (AI) is wrecking havoc on university assessments and exams.

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Could making tobacco cheaper actually cut down smoking rates? We asked 5 experts

Australia aims to reduce rates of daily smoking to 5% or less by 2030. By 2023, we got down to 8.3%.

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Making younger trees age faster could create more homes for wildlife – and it can be done without chainsaws

For wildlife, not all trees are equal. Large old trees have many horizontal and dead limbs for perching, and many fissures or hollows for sheltering. By contrast, younger trees have far fewer such features or lack them entirely. More than 300 species of Australian mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians rely…

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How MPs’ ‘abandoned’ cats became the unexpected symbol of Indonesia’s protests

During Indonesia’s recent mass protests, the looted homes of politicians in Jakarta revealed unexpected victims: cats reportedly left behind or stolen as their owners fled for safety.

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Underuse of migrants’ skills is costing us billions. Discrimination often starts at the job interview

Pathways to resolving Australia’s skills shortage were a key discussion point at the government’s recent economic reform roundtable. One of those discussions specifically focused on the need to streamline skills recognition for qualified migrants.

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Australian parents are helping their kids buy a first home with less money, but more rent-free living

As many young Australians struggle to enter the housing market, research shows the “bank of mum and dad” is often called on to help.

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Why are police a target for sovereign citizen violence?

As the tragic events evolve in Porepunkah, northeast Victoria, media outlets have reported the alleged shooter, Dezi Freeman, is known to be a “sovereign citizen”.

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Why grow plants in space? They can improve how we produce food and medicine on Earth

Sometime in the 2040s, humans may well reach a new frontier – Mars. To get there, we’ll need sustainable sources of food, medicines and materials.

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Australia has banned 3 ‘forever chemicals’ – but Europe wants to ban all 14,000 as a precaution

Last month, Australia’s ban on the import, use and manufacture of three types of “forever chemical” came into effect. These chemicals – PFOA, PFOS and PFHxS – have long lifespans and resist breaking down. They’re considered harmful due to their ability to build up inside living organisms and their toxicity.…

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Ancient shells and pottery reveal the vast 3,200-years-old trade routes of Oceania’s Indigenous peoples

New research conducted at Walufeni Cave, an important archaeological site in Papua New Guinea, reveals new evidence of long-distance interactions between Oceania’s Indigenous societies, as far back as 3,200 years ago.

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Climate change is driving a silent, sinister change in Australia’s mountain ash forests

Something silent and sinister is happening in Australia’s mountain ash forests. As temperatures rise, these ecosystems are slowly, steadily losing their trees – and with them, their ability to store carbon.

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Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path

For decades, scientists, policymakers, graziers and land managers have been locked in a surprisingly high-stakes debate over what defines a dingo. Are these wild canids their own species? Or are they simply feral dogs?

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From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them

Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more.

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Housing can be good for productivity. Here are 5 ways we can build it better

Most Australians invest much of their income into housing, making employment, education and retirement decisions based on the location, timing and strength of their housing investment.

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The ‘wrong kind of sorry’: will a record fine for Qantas deter other companies from breaking the law?

On Monday, the Federal Court of Australia handed Qantas a record fine of A$90 million for breaching the Fair Work Act by unlawfully terminating the employment of 1,820 ground workers during the pandemic.

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NSW’s ‘renovictions’ loophole could undermine the progress made with no-grounds evictions

There was much cause for celebration when no-grounds evictions were abolished in New South Wales on May 19.

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‘Australiana’ images made by AI are racist and full of tired cliches, new study shows

Big tech company hype sells generative artificial intelligence (AI) as intelligent, creative, desirable, inevitable, and about to radically reshape the future in many ways.

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Many parents – mostly mothers – lose family payments from the first dollar they earn. Here’s how we could fix it

From paid parental leave to expanded childcare and free kindergarten, Australia has made positive changes over the past two decades to better support families.

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The government has asked for bold proposals. Maybe it’s time to consider taxing the family home

The Australian government has “an appetite to be bold and ambitious” in its economic reform agenda. And tax reform is on the menu at its much-publicised reform roundtable, to be held next week.

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This stone tool is over 1 million years old. How did its maker get to Sulawesi without a boat?

Stone tools dating to at least 1.04 million years ago have been found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. This means early hominins made a major sea crossing from the Asian mainland much earlier than previously thought – and they likely didn’t have any boats.

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How do you feel about doing exams? Our research unearthed 4 types of test-takers

If you had to do a test, how would you respond? Would you relish the chance to demonstrate your knowledge? Or worry you were about to fall short of the mark and embarrass yourself?

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Marine climate interventions can have unintended consequences – we need to manage the risks

The world’s oceans are being rapidly transformed as climate change intensifies. Corals are bleaching, sea levels are rising, and seawater is becoming more acidic – making life difficult for shellfish and reef-building corals. All this and more is unfolding on our watch, with profound consequences for marine ecosystems and the…

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