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How Australia made poisoning animals normal

  • Written by: Justine M. Philip, Doctor of Philosophy, Ecosystem Management, University of New England
How Australia made poisoning animals normalColonial graziers found it more effective to poison dingoes than rely on convict shepherds to protect their flocks. Justine Philip/AMMRIC 2017, Author provided

One of the many difficulties faced by the pioneers of Australia’s sheep industry was finding a reliable shepherd. Among the convict labour available, for every two experienced farm...

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A state actor has targeted Australian political parties – but that shouldn't surprise us

  • Written by: Tom Sear, PhD Candidate, UNSW Canberra Cyber, Australian Defence Force Academy, UNSW
A state actor has targeted Australian political parties – but that shouldn't surprise usPrime Minister Morrison said there was no evidence of electoral interference linked to a hack of the Australian Parliament House computer network. from www.shutterstock.com

The Australian political digital infrastructure is a target in an ongoing nation state cyber competition which falls just below the threshold of open conflict.

Today Prime...

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How climate change can make catastrophic weather systems linger for longer

  • Written by: Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia

Many parts of Australia have suffered a run of severe and, in some cases, unprecedented weather events this summer. One common feature of many of these events – including the Tasmanian heatwave and the devastating Townsville floods – was that they were caused by weather systems that parked themselves in one place for days or weeks on...

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'State actor' makes cyber attack on Australian political parties

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
'State actor' makes cyber attack on Australian political partiesWhile the government has not identified the state actor, China is being blamed.Shutterstock

“A sophisticated state actor” has hacked the networks of the major political parties, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told Parliament.

Recently the Parliament House network was disrupted, and the intrusion into the parties’ networks was...

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