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8 September 2021
Garden

3 changes you can make to help tackle climate change

The dire report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change may have left you feeling overwhelmed, or unsure what to do next. We often hear about ways everyday people can tackle climate change, but which acts will make the biggest difference?

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23 January 2018
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14 October 2024

Survey reveals Australian’s lukewarm response to urgent action on global heating 

Fears for Great Barrier Reef, nuclear power and cost-of-living pressures among concerns.

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20 July 2022
Charcuterie Board

Is this the end of the deli?

Processed meats are often publicised to be as bad as smoking? You are not doing the same harm as a cigarette when you reach for a charcuterie board, but it is definitely far from harmless.

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26 April 2022
Cost of Living

The real cost-of-living in Australia

Australians have faced higher costs of living in recent months with little relief around the corner. ABC’s Vote Compass shows that 45% of respondents have found it harder to make ends meet relative to a year ago.

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29 March 2022
Right to Repair

Why we really need to be able to fix our stuff

We all have things that are broken around our homes. Old iPhones, microwaves, fridges, washing machines or everyday consumer devices, such as our fitbits, tablets and computers. If we can’t fix them, they usually end of going into the rubbish and then ending up as landfill. Did you know that there are over 140,000 tonnes of e-Waste generated by Australians every year?

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25 May 2020

COVID-19 recovery can benefit biodiversity

Griffith University researchers have outlined in Science how the COVID-19 pandemic provides governments across the globe with an opportunity to...

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20 January 2018

Sustaining livelihoods in an Indonesian dryland environment

Living in a remote area has many disadvantages, especially in dryland regions where poor access to water means households are...

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16 April 2015

China economy to slow, hurting Australia: IMF

Helen Westerman, The Conversation and Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation A crackdown on cheap credit in China is expected to help...

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27 June 2014
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