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Australia needs more climate scientists

By Akanksha Singh With 100 of 140 climate scientists made redundant by CSIRO after budget cuts, and more CSIRO and NCCARF funds axed under the 2017 federal budget, it seems Australia’s climate scientists are in hot water (pun fully intended). The 2017 Australian Climate Science Capability Review by the Australian Academy of Science concluded that […]

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Sugar City

By Akanksha Singh   This is it. This is the end. Livy, the house, Mammy’s old Bible— everything’s gone. Every. Damned. Thing. I’ve never hated God or myself as much as I do now. Sheriff Walker puts a hand on my shoulder. He’s got that look in his eyes, the one that says ‘poor bastard.’ […]

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Get Generous

Stephanie Samios from UQ QPSA giving blood   If you haven’t heard, there is a current shortage of O-negative blood, but why is this important? Because O-negative blood is known as the “universal” blood type, which can be transfused to almost any patient in need, but only 9 percent of the population has it. In […]

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September Music News

Cub Sport  Brisbane’s love child and alt-pop quartet Cub Sport is releasing their highly anticipated second album, bats, which will be released on the 22nd of September. This album is a beautiful mixture of a deeply personal but heart-wrenching gospel & RnB-inspired pop tune. “In 2015 I went on a writing trip to LA and London – it […]

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Changing consumer habits to adapt to the plastic bag ban

By Lauren Grimshaw   Each year, Australians use 3.92 billion plastic bags and an estimated 3.76 billion bags are disposed of in landfill sites throughout Australia.  With the recent release of the ABC series War on Waste, these statistics have gained a great deal of attention.  Within the last few months, enormous pressure from environmental […]

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Is your* sunscreen destroying coral reef environments?

By Akanksha Singh   Sure, the title sounds click-baity, but it’s entirely possible. Don’t get me wrong, sun protection is important— especially if you live in a place where the ozone layer has a “moderate” sized hole (plot-twist: it’s not Australia). Regardless, ozone depletion is a global concern, and so is skin cancer. According to […]

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