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how 'city girls' can learn to feel at home in the country

  • Written by: Rachael Wallis, Lecturer and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland
how 'city girls' can learn to feel at home in the countryShutterstock/The Conversation

A move to the country is often presented in popular culture as an idyllic life, a place where you can escape the pressures of the city.

It’s in television shows such as Escape from the City, River Cottage Australia and Gourmet Farmer, in books such as A Story of Seven Summers, Whole Larder Love and A Table in the...

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Storm clouds avoid the bush, darken over the economy

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Storm clouds avoid the bush, darken over the economyNational Farmers' Federation president Fiona Simson says she doesn't think the government has a drought policy.Shutterstock

Government sources insist shock jock Alan Jones didn’t drive Thursday’s announcement of a cash payment to drought-striken farmers about to be turfed off their household support because they’d reached the four...

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Julianne Schultz appointed chair of The Conversation

  • Written by: Misha Ketchell, Editor & Executive Director, The Conversation

Professor Julianne Schultz AM FAMA has been appointed chair of The Conversation Media Group, following the retirement of Harrison Young.

Since becoming chairman in April 2017, Harrison has improved The Conversation’s corporate governance, strengthened the board and helped bring together the international network of The Conversation’s...

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Cats are not scared off by dingoes. We must find another way to protect native animals

  • Written by: Bronwyn Fancourt, Adjunct Research Fellow, University of New England
Cats are not scared off by dingoes. We must find another way to protect native animalsNew research suggests feral cats can probably outsmart dingoes. Wikimedia/AAP

Feral cats are wreaking havoc on our native wildlife, eating more than a billion animals across Australia every year. But managing feral cats and reducing their impacts on our threatened species is challenging, to say the least.

Aside from killing native animals, feral...

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