The sea cucumber, or trepang, Australia's first export to Asia.ShutterstockThe sea cucumber is a marine animal that has a leathery skin but soft body. Its shape and size resembles a cucumber. In Australia we commonly call it trepang, adopted from a Malayan word. It was Australia’s first export to Asia, where it is regarded as delicacy,...
As a new round of the culture wars bubbles, West Australian Liberal senator Dean Smith has urged that we should legislate to “protect” the January 26 date of Australia Day.
Smith came to national prominence as one of the small coterie of Liberals who forced the Turnbull government to act on same-sex marriage. He advances his causes with...
Your plants would certainly love a drink this summer. But which water is best?from www.shutterstock.comThis is an article from I’ve Always Wondered, where readers send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. Send your question to alwayswondered@theconversation.edu.au
You might have noticed how bright green your plants look after...
The law is ambivalent when it comes to trespassing, and photographing or filming the property owners.from shutterstock.comThis week, an animal rights charity, Aussie Farms, unveiled an interactive map of factory farms, slaughterhouses and other “animal exploitation” facilities across Australia.
The group’s website says the map
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