The University of Newcastle
Fight for justice
The fight to free Kathleen Folbigg – the woman once dubbed Australia’s worst female serial killer – started in 2013 with the University’s Legal Centre and its law students helping to drive the movement.
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The University of Newcastle
Rerouting trauma
How cultural insight and the neuroscience of trauma is changing the conversation around youth violence.
The University of Newcastle
Sector-first approach to Indigenous health research
Community members and top medical bodies across the Hunter and New England regions have joined forces in a powerful bid to improve First Nations health outcomes.
The University of Newcastle
Scientists unlock key to breeding ‘carbon gobbling’ plants with a major appetite
The discovery of how a critical enzyme ‘hidden in nature’s blueprint’ works sheds new light on how cells control key processes in carbon fixation, a process fundamental for life on Earth.
The University of Newcastle
Accelerating Startups with the Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy Program
Housed at the University’s Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER), the Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE) program is moving innovative technologies out of the lab and into global manufacturing.
The University of Newcastle
Walk-and-Talk: University of Newcastle team taking men’s therapy outdoors
Depression is a leading mental health concern in men. Yet, less than half of affected men seek professional help, and when they do, services are often not responsive to their needs.
The University of Newcastle
Global research warns climate change is increasing groundwater temperatures
Shallow groundwater is projected to warm on average between 2.1 and 3.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, according to a world-first global groundwater temperature model.
The University of Newcastle
Scientists unearth stingrays’ heavy lifting role in estuaries
A new study has uncovered the significant role stingrays play in shaping estuaries, revealing threatened stingrays in Brisbane Water may move more than 21,000 tonnes of sand per year.
Macquarie University
Caregivers, activists, advocates: Nurses and Australia's AIDS crisis
From Australia’s first recorded AIDS-related death in 1983 to the introduction of effective treatment in 1996, nurses and the unions representing them, played an extraordinary role in responding to the virus. A new book shines a spotlight on their stories for the first time.
The University of Melbourne
Too many Aussies are starting a family and raising their kids in poverty
New research finds that the birth of a first child reduces household income and increases the risk of disadvantage
University of the Sunshine Coast
Apex sharks are becoming smaller, scarcer and it’s changing our ecosystems
New research from the University of the Sunshine Coast has found a decline in the number, size and diversity of Queensland’s apex sharks, marking a “significant shift” in our coastal ecosystems.
University of Tasmania
Extreme bushfires increasing in number and intensity
Extreme bushfires have more than doubled in frequency and intensity over the past two decades, according to a global study from the University of Tasmania.