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Mercury pollution from decades past may have been re-released by Tasmania's bushfires

  • Written by: Larissa Schneider, DECRA fellow, Australian National University
Mercury pollution from decades past may have been re-released by Tasmania's bushfiresTasmania's fires may have released mercury previously absorbed by trees.AAP Image

Tasmania’s bushfires may have resulted in the release of significant amounts of mercury from burnt trees into the atmosphere. Our research shows that industrial mercury pollution from decades past has been locked up in west Tasmanian trees.

Mercury occurs...

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should we nap during the day?

  • Written by: Alexandra Hansen, Chief of Staff, The Conversation
should we nap during the day?It's important to keep your daytime naps to ten to 30 minutes and no longer. zohre nemati unsplash, CC BY

Often during the day I feel the need to have a bit of a lie-down. Whether it’s been a busy day, I didn’t sleep well the night before, or for no particular reason I know of. But some will warn that you’ll be ruined for sleep...

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$500m for station car parks? Other transport solutions could do much more for the money

  • Written by: Nathan Pittman, PhD Candidate in Transportation Planning, University of Melbourne
$500m for station car parks? Other transport solutions could do much more for the moneyWith more than a million Australians using public transport to get to work each day, demand for car parking at the station is virtually insatiable.Philip Mallis/flickr, CC BY-SA

Half a billion dollars sounds like a lot of money, but that really depends on what you’re spending it on. In Tuesday’s federal budget, the Coalition government...

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What the data say about discrimination and tolerance in New Zealand

  • Written by: Simon Chapple, Director, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
What the data say about discrimination and tolerance in New ZealandAn analysis of population statistics shows that most New Zealanders, from any groups, don't report experiencing intolerance or discrimination.AAP , CC BY-ND

Following the Christchurch mosque shootings, there has been considerable discussion of intolerance and experiences of discrimination in New Zealand.

For example, Anjum Rahman, a spokesperson for...

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