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Disability advocate Marcus Dadd: ‘I hope I can inspire people to chase their dreams’

Fenner graduate and disability advocate Marcus Dadd has a passion for inclusive and sustainable practices in agriculture.

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Australia’s summer weather heats up

Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick gives us the run down of what is expected to be Australia's hottest hummer on record.

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Monday, 18 Jul 2022
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Ecologists fear the widespread loss of native mistletoe due to drought could leave nectar-feeding birds even more vulnerable.

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Monday, 18 Jul 2022
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Campaigners warn of ‘disturbing trend’ of proposed mines falling just below the threshold requiring environmental impact statement

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Sunday, 17 Jul 2022
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What does it take to bring an extinct species back from the dead? Well, sometimes — a Woman's Day magazine.

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Saturday, 16 Jul 2022
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More than a dozen years later, and after detailed studies following the 2009 fires and again after the 2019-2020 Black Summer fires, the science shows that logged forests always burn at greater severity than intact forests.

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Tuesday, 05 Jul 2022
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We’ve known about the risk of floods to the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley for a long time. Yet successive state governments have failed to properly mitigate its impact. Indeed, recent urban development policies by the current NSW government will multiply the risk.

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Wednesday, 29 Jun 2022
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SECRET documents reveal the NSW Water Minister has ignored the warnings of department staff about proposed changes to the state's floodplain harvesting rules, which may not be compliant with the state government's own Water Management Act.

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Wednesday, 22 Jun 2022
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Professor Jamie Pittock says there are much better options to secure water for towns in the Lachlan Valley than raising Wyangala Dam.

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Wednesday, 22 Jun 2022
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Scientists are urging major dam projects in NSW and Queensland be abandoned, warning of significant environmental and agricultural consequences.

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Monday, 20 Jun 2022
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The Black Summer bushfires devastated greater glider habitat across south-eastern Australia but researchers hope a new nesting box will help aid their recovery.

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