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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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Sun shining through orange clouds at sunset.
Wednesday, 22 Nov 2023
  • News

With an El Niño declared and global temperatures rising, meteorologist Clem Davis explains what weather might be in store for Australians this summer.

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A close up of a log burning.
Wednesday, 15 Nov 2023
  • Research story

The amount of timber-producing forest burning each year in severe wildfires has increased significantly in the past decade, and threatens industries such as timber milling and paper manufacturing.

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A chough stares up at the sky above with its bulging red eye.
Monday, 13 Nov 2023
  • Research story

The white-winged chough is one of the weirder birds out there.

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Wednesday, 08 Nov 2023
  • News

The Fenner community came together over mouthwatering dishes prepared by staff and students at the infamous annual International Lunch.

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Three Eastern Grey Kangaroos in a woodland. One stares at the camera.
Wednesday, 25 Oct 2023
  • News

Making better use of kangaroos as a red-meat alternative could help farmers reduce their emissions and make their grazing land more productive, a new report shows.

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Portrait of David Lindenmayer looking at the camera.
Wednesday, 04 Oct 2023
  • News

The dire state of mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) forests in Victoria’s Central Highlands has been brought to light in a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) and the World Wide Fund for Nature – Australia (WWF - Australia).

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Planet Earth from space.
Wednesday, 20 Sep 2023
  • News

In six out of nine vital life support systems, we have blown well past the safe zone. And we’re now in the danger zone, where we – as well as every other species – are now at risk.

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Dr Joelle Gergis amongst misty plants and ferns looking up.
Friday, 15 Sep 2023
  • Academic profile

For award-winning researcher Dr Joëlle Gergis, climate action is about protecting the people and places we love.

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Two palm cockatoos sit in tree, with one holding a stick.
Thursday, 14 Sep 2023
  • Research story

Australia’s palm cockatoos are well-known for their unique love of drumming, but they don’t just have great rhythm – they also each have their own sense of style when it comes to crafting their tools, a new study has found.

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