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2 September 2024
Farmer

Farmer suicides may rise with climate change. Are we prepared?

Droughts, fires, and floods can have devastating consequences for farmers’ mental health. The suicide rate for Australian farmers is also almost 59 per cent higher than the general population, and research has confirmed a link between farmer suicides and extreme weather.

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29 November 2023
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7 November 2023

Better Business Dinner guests asked to think differently and change the way they see their world

Griffith Business School celebrated industry partners, alumni and the wider business community at their Better Business Dinner on Friday, 3...

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12 July 2023
QHHCoP event

Building heat resilience with the Queensland Heat Health Community of Practice

With temperatures rising across the globe, the need to adapt our communities to a warmer world is both urgent and...

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15 June 2023
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21 March 2023

Sex, labour, and financial exchange in couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is a growing form of homelessness in many countries including Australia, however, new research suggests it is especially common within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community.

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14 February 2023
Crime

Facilitating positive change in Queensland youth justice

Youth crime is on the rise in Queensland. Recent media stories demonstrate the high cost of youth crimes for victims - financially, through serious or permanent injury, or leaving loved ones to try and pick up the pieces after senseless and tragic deaths. Victims and the wider community are understandably outraged and demand the government hold offenders accountable and protect the community by making these behaviours less likely in the future. Dr Troy Allard looks at how offenders can be held to account and address the root cause of their behaviour.

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20 November 2022

How visualising change can help business leaders increase impact

We often hear the adage ‘I’ll believe it when I see it.’ But how can this sentiment help those trying to imagine a different future? For business leaders wanting to innovate –and bring others on that journey – visualising the path ahead can be a way to better identify what needs to change and how to get there.

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15 September 2022
China and the United Kingdom.

Change underfoot in the uneasy UK-China relationship?

Professor Caitlin Byrne suggests that leaders on both sides of this bilateral relationship will be carefully considering next steps in the context of their shifting domestic narratives and global ambitions.

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12 January 2022
NZ Dairy

Troubled waters in New Zealand

Recent media attention has exposed some of the issues that face New Zealand’s dairy industry and the impact it is having on the nation’s highly prized waterways.

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