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When oil refineries burn, here’s what happens to your lungs and heart

The fire at a major oil refinery in the Victorian city of Geelong has now reportedly been extinguished. But with thick smoke from the blaze lingering in the air on Thursday, many residents in Geelong and surrounding areas will understandably be worried.

The Conversation

Stripped of life: the deadly South Australian algal bloom is still spreading one year on

More than 20,000 sq km of coast has succumbed to Australia’s first bloom of toxic Karenia cristata algae – and scientists worry it could explode again

The Guardian - AU

Australia in danger of becoming an ‘artless country’ as enrolments in creative courses collapse

Research suggests surging costs under Morrison government’s job-ready graduate scheme and axing of dozens of subjects largely to blame

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Australians are markedly more worried about the US, still wary about China: new poll

Australians remain supportive of the US alliance, but they are viewing it much more critically than before.

The Conversation

Can China make Pakistan and the Taliban friends again?

As China pushes to expand the CPEC, Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions continue to cast a shadow over trilateral diplomacy.

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UTS academics describe ‘culture of fear’ as enrolments put on hold for nearly a fifth of courses

The freeze comes as the university pursues $100m in cost cuts and after it announced in April it could axe 400 jobs

The Guardian - AU

A thinking cap? This AI-powered cap can transform thoughts into text

Unlike other language decoding systems in development that have required subjects to have surgical implants, this cap does not require invasive systems.

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Why climate change is making severe turbulence on flights more likely

New research suggests global warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of wind gusts from thunderstorm ‘downbursts’

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How climate change is threatening airline passenger safety

New research suggests global warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of wind gusts from thunderstorm ‘downbursts’

The Independent UK

Global markets are likely to withstand a Trump-led US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

As the climate crisis deepens, the need for global action becomes greater than ever. Central to this effort is the goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050, to meet the Paris Agreement to limit global warming.

The Conversation

Why is Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi visiting Pakistan?

Raisi is set to hold talks with top Pakistani leaders as the two nations aim to boost trade and resolve border issues.

Al Jazeera

Aged-care funding reforms must ensure users pay their fair share

Aged-care services will cost taxpayers more than A$35 billion this year. Treasurer Jim Chalmers argues it’s one of the government’s biggest ongoing funding challenges. The last intergenerational report, which looked out over the next 40 years, came to the same conclusion.

The Conversation

Killing dingoes is the only way to protect livestock, right? Nope

Since European colonisation, farmers have often viewed dingoes as the enemy, waging war against them to protect their livestock. Farmers felt they had no option but to eradicate dingoes using traps, shooting, poisoned baits (such as 1080) and building a 5,600km long dingo fence, the world’s longest.

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