Search results for: tim byron

Showing 1 - 10 of 25 results

5 June 2014

Noosa to Byron bike ride raises money for ASD

A charity bike ride is raising money to help support parents of children with autism spectrum disorder.

Read More
12 September 2013
Ever wondered why some songs get stuck in your head? Dr Tim Byron is researching 'earworms' and how our brains engage with music

Is a worm music to your ears?

Earworms. They can attack at any time and nearly everyone succumbs to them.   This is the term Dr Tim...

Read More
26 August 2024
Cover

Train in vain: The end of the car dependent music festival?

Poor ticket sales, high running costs, insurance premiums, changing consumer preferences, and cost of living pressures are most cited as reasons the Australian music festival industry is in crisis. But there is another factor. Getting huge crowds to and from distant music festival sites by car presents significant challenges for both organisers and visitors.

Read More
29 March 2023

Navigating Artificial Intelligence with Toby Walsh

In this instalment of Griffith University’s Better Future for All series, journalist Kerry O’Brien explores the future and impact of AI with leading global thinker Professor Toby Walsh.

Read More
5 April 2022
Queensland

The polls look grim for the Coalition. Will Queensland buck the trend again?

Awaiting the official start of the 2022 campaign, published polls show Labor is comfortably ahead of the government. Pundits agree this year’s election is Albanese’s to lose, but predictions range along a spectrum from a Labor landslide to a narrow win, to a finely balanced hung parliament.

Read More
11 September 2021

In Adversity’s Face with Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM

Moderated by renowned journalist Kerry O’Brien, catch-up on the insightful and candid conversation with Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM.

Read More
9 June 2021
Tiny House

Australia’s big interest in tiny houses

Despite early forecasts of a COVID-19-driven slump, house prices are now surging in many parts of Australia. This is further widening the gap between the housing “haves” and “have-nots”, and we are seeing related rises in housing stress, rental insecurity and homelessness. In Australia and elsewhere a movement has emerged that supports tiny house living as an important response to the housing affordability crisis.

Read More
31 May 2021
Bruce Pascoe

In Conversation with Professor Bruce Pascoe​

In this conversation, renowned journalist Kerry O’Brien and celebrated Indigenous author Professor Bruce Pascoe explored the way Bruce’s critically acclaimed book Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the birth of Agriculture challenges conventional thinking about the First Australians as hunter gatherers.

Read More
27 May 2021
Alan Joyce AC

In Conversation with Alan Joyce AC

Travelling into the future The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many sectors to the brink, and none more so than the...

Read More
20 February 2020

Griffith music alumni added to Bluesfest lineup

Queensland Conservatorium alumni Dami Im and Julz Parker will play Byron Bay Bluesfest, joining global acts like Alanis Morissette and The Dave Matthews Band.

Read More