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From Australia to Africa, fences are stopping Earth's great animal migrations

  • Written by: Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
From Australia to Africa, fences are stopping Earth's great animal migrationsWildebeest crossing the Mara River in Tanzania during their annual mass migrationJane Rix/Shutterstock

For time immemorial, many wildlife species have survived by undertaking heroic long-distance migrations. But many of these great migrations are collapsing right before our eyes.

Perhaps the biggest peril to migrations is so common that we often...

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Coalition gets a bounce in Newspoll, but not in Ipsos or Essential

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

Six weeks before an expected May 18 election, this week’s Newspoll, conducted April 4-7 from a sample of 1,800, gave Labor a 52-48 lead. That’s a two-point gain for the Coalition since the last Newspoll, conducted four weeks ago, owing to the NSW election and the budget. This Newspoll has the narrowest Labor lead since Scott Morrison...

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The ABC didn't receive a reprieve in the budget. It's still facing staggering cuts

  • Written by: Alexandra Wake, Program Manager, Journalism, RMIT University
The ABC didn't receive a reprieve in the budget. It's still facing staggering cutsAccording to new research, the ABC stands to lose A$783 million in total funding by 2022, unless steps are taken to reverse budget cuts.Shutterstock

Despite some reprieve in the 2019 federal budget, the ABC is still in dire financial straits. More job losses and a reduction in services remain on the agenda.

The Coalition government has provided...

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Squid team finds high species diversity off Kermadec Islands, part of stalled marine reserve proposal

  • Written by: Kat Bolstad, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
Squid team finds high species diversity off Kermadec Islands, part of stalled marine reserve proposalThis squid belongs to one of the families (Histioteuthidae) that is highly diverse but was not previously recorded from the Kermadecs.Richard Young, CC BY-SA

Squids and octopuses could be considered the “parrots of the ocean”. Some are smart, and many have complex behaviours. And, of course, they have strange, bird-like beaks.

They are...

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  1. green-collar criminals or civil 'disobedients'?
  2. Morrison government approves next step towards Adani coal mine
  3. the curious case of shy lizards and deadly cane toads
  4. Business-as-usual record on transport leaves next government plenty of room to improve
  5. NZ journalists arrested in Fiji have been released but a new era of press freedom is yet to arrive
  6. A detailed eucalypt family tree helps us see how they came to dominate Australia
  7. The 14 Indigenous words for money on the new 50 cent coin
  8. What will the Coalition be remembered for on tax? Tinkering, blunders and lost opportunities
  9. Politicians need to listen up before they speak up – and listen in the right places
  10. Potentially unaffordable, and it still won't fix bracket creep. The Coalition's $300 billion tax plan assessed
  11. Which families delay sending their child to school, and why? We crunched the numbers
  12. We need new rules for defining who is sick. Step 1: remove vested interests
  13. In Australia, climate policy battles are endlessly reheated
  14. Australia has a new National Construction Code, but it's still not good enough
  15. Control, cost and convenience determine how Australians use the technology in their homes
  16. It's the internal agitators who are bugging Scott Morrison on Adani
  17. All female mammals have a clitoris – we're starting to work out what that means for their sex lives
  18. Labor's cancer package would cut the cost of care, but beware of unintended side effects
  19. How has education policy changed under the Coalition government?
  20. Tourists behaving badly are a threat to global tourism, and the industry is partly to blame
  21. how did the months get their names?
  22. The swamp foxtail's origin is hidden in its DNA
  23. Casual academics aren't going anywhere, so what can universities do to ensure learning isn't affected?
  24. your guide to the 2019 Stella Prize shortlist
  25. Mercury pollution from decades past may have been re-released by Tasmania's bushfires
  26. should we nap during the day?
  27. $500m for station car parks? Other transport solutions could do much more for the money
  28. What the data say about discrimination and tolerance in New Zealand
  29. Chinese investment in Australia is down 36%. It's time for a more balanced debate about the national interest
  30. Edible seaweed can be used to grow blood vessels in the body
  31. What will the Turnbull-Morrison government be remembered for?
  32. Coalition narrows gap to trail 48-52% in post-budget Newspoll
  33. Cutting cancer costs is a worthy policy, but we need to try to prevent it too
  34. Those future tax cut promises... they're nowhere near as big as you'd think
  35. Artificial intelligence in Australia needs to get ethical, so we have a plan
  36. Trapdoor spider species that stay local put themselves at risk
  37. Michelle Grattan on the government's benign budget and Shorten's mic drop
  38. New Zealand gun owners invoke NRA-style tropes in response to fast-tracked law change
  39. It's time for Indigenous nationhood to replace a failing colonial authority
  40. why do tigers have whiskers?
  41. 'enhancing' forensic audio can mislead juries in criminal trials
  42. The 'painless woman' helps us see how anxiety and fear fit in the big picture of pain
  43. Why it might be time for New Zealand to reconsider the legal definition of murder
  44. Bill Shorten's tactical play foils budget's tax pitch
  45. What just happened to our tax? Here's an explanation you'll understand
  46. death on the Darling, colonialism’s final encounter with the Barkandji
  47. federal budget takes aim but will it be a lethal shot?
  48. Don't kiss your kids? Questioning the recent advice about CMV in pregnancy
  49. Australian philanthrophy needs your help
  50. Why do we mix up faces? Game of Thrones might help us find the answer

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