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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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Friday, 22 Jul 2022
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Scientists hope the belated listing of fires as a threat to forest species can stop the destructive use of hazard-reduction burning. By Karen Middleton.

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Thursday, 21 Jul 2022
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In the long-delayed State of the Environment report released this week, there is one terrifying sentence: “Environmental degradation is now considered a threat to humanity, which could bring about societal collapses.”

Hyperbole? Sadly not.

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Thursday, 21 Jul 2022
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Experts say city’s expansion has put more people at risk because homes are being built on flood-prone land.

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Tuesday, 19 Jul 2022
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Australia’s long-lasting climate wars offer three painful lessons we shouldn’t ignore this time around.

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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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