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Indigenous cultural burning has protected Australia’s landscape for millennia
Ancient cultural burning practices carried out by Indigenous Australians limited fuel availability and prevented high intensity…
Social media negatively impacting teens’ life satisfaction
Social media is negatively impacting the life satisfaction of Australian high school students, according to the latest findings…
Australia needs a National Migration Institute: ANU expert
Australia must establish an independently run Migration Institute to counteract widespread misinformation about migration which…
New alliance to drive Indigenous economic empowerment
A new alliance of committed Indigenous people, together with The Australian National University (ANU), will work to establish…
Far-right National Rally party unlikely to form government in France
Despite Marine Le Pen's far-right party leading the polls in the first round of the French snap parliamentary elections with 34…
Surf’s up: Australia’s breaks inject almost $3 billion into the economy each year
It’s no secret Aussies love to surf. It’s one of our favourite pastimes, but it turns out riding the perfect wave offers more…
Power to the people: Aussies expect more from their local leaders
About two-thirds of Australians believe local governments should have more power than they currently do, according to a new…
‘Health for all’: A proposal to recognise breastfeeding as a carbon offset
Today, The Australian National University (ANU) joined hands with FHI 360, Alive & Thrive East Asia Pacific, along with The…
ANU to lead national consultation on Australians’ view on security
The National Security College at The Australian National University (ANU) will lead an ambitious whole-of-nation consultation on…
New ANU institute to advance First Nations gender equality
A new institute at The Australian National University (ANU) will advance the voices of First Nations women and girls and help…
‘Structural and significant’: Australia’s long journey to reach gender equality
High rates of violence, a growing gender pay gap and public attitudes are still just some of the many challenges Australia faces…
Prescribed burning could be making Aussie forests more flammable
Disturbing natural forests with activities such as logging and prescribed burning can make them more flammable, landmark research…
Remote Aussies don’t have equal access to household electricity protections
Remote and Indigenous communities’ power connections are more vulnerable compared to their regional and metropolitan counterparts…
Record heat in 2023 worsened global droughts, floods and wildfires
Record heat across the world profoundly impacted the global water cycle in 2023, contributing to severe storms, floods,…
Voters rejected Voice due to fears of division: ANU study
Two-in-three Australians, 66.1 per cent, who voted ‘no’ to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament said they…
Vast majority of voters still think First Nations Australians should have a voice
Almost nine-in-10 voters, 87 per cent, think First Nations Australians should have a voice or say over matters that affect them,…
Cost of living pressures sees social cohesion hit record low
Financial and cost-of-living pressures are among the top issues impacting Australians' sense of belonging, pride and social…
Satisfaction with democracy on the decline
Australians' satisfaction with democracy remains high, but has declined over the last two decades, new research from The…
Broken First Nations' water ownership model needs repair
Why Australia needs to urgently improve First Nations peoples' access, control and say over water to improve their health,…
Climate change worsening, but we have the means to act
Climate change impacts are larger, more rapid and worse than previous estimates, but humanity has the means to tackle the problem…
