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Breaking down period stigma in remote communities

As menstrual health can impact educational outcomes and quality of life, researchers have developed a teaching guide hoping to break down stigma around periods.

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Swimming changing lives for those with cerebral palsy

A groundbreaking competitive swimming program designed for young people with severe cerebral palsy is reversing the motor decline associated with the condition.

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Truer extreme weather forecasts come rain hail or shine

Aussie researchers are helping build a global hailstone library and the result will be better forecasts for extreme weather.

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Queensland failed to act on report into ‘devastating’ experiences of people with disability in justice system

Exclusive: Guardian Australia obtained the full, unpublished report, more than a year after it was tabled, via a Right to Information application

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Indigenous voice advocates 'not giving up' after defeat

Heartened by the millions of Australians who voted 'yes', advocates of an Indigenous voice to parliament will not give up despite the referendum result.

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‘There’s 20% more methane than they thought’: new data confirms Australia has been undercounting cattle

The Australian Bureau of Statistics updated its methodology and says there are 4 million more cattle than previously estimated

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Reading, writing and … disinformation: should schoolchildren be taught media literacy like maths?

Less than half of Australian children and teens think they can tell real news stories from fake. So how well are we preparing them for a new media world order?

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Students fight cuts to last museum courses in state

Graduate courses in museum studies are in line to be cut at the University of Queensland, and students are worried they will have to move interstate.

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University of Queensland bans chants as pro-Palestine camp in Melbourne threatened over fire safety rules

Student activists in Brisbane have been warned of disciplinary action for chanting ‘out, out, Israel out’ at protests

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Wastewater reveals divide in alcohol consumption

Alcohol consumption is trending downward, but a study has revealed a disparity between city and regional drinking habits.

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Parts of Great Barrier Reef insulated from bleaching

Coral bleaching has impacted most of the Great Barrier Reef, but scientists have found some parts may be 'insulated' from the effects of climate change.

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Aussie scientist's take on the battle of the reptiles

A study led by the University of Queensland has revealed how some lizards have evolved to avoid the deadly neurotoxins of Australia's most venomous snakes.

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Researcher sounds alarm over growing dead zone

A picturesque bay off Brisbane is being smothered with huge volumes of sediment and urgent action is needed to rehabilitate river systems, a new study warns.

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Australian man behind attempt to log a 'precious relic' of Solomon Islands rainforest

Villagers in Solomon Islands say they'll fight to prevent an Australian-owned company from logging in their pristine rainforest.

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Gympie-Gympie stinging tree shows potential for pain relief, say researchers

The agony caused by brushing against the notorious Gympie-Gympie tree can last for months, but researchers think its toxins may one day provide relief to chronic pain sufferers.

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Paralympics Centre of Excellence 'shovel ready', but federal government yet to see funding proposal

A funding stoush is brewing over Brisbane's Paralympic Centre of Excellence with the federal government yet to see a pitch, while other stakeholders say the project is "shovel ready".

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Trillions needed to scale up future of renewable energy

Clean export installations up north, production hubs in the south and pipelines crossing the nation map out Australia's future as a net-zero nation.

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Uninsured flood victims in Greater Shepparton offered caravans close to home

Residents rebuilding their flood-ravaged northern Victorian homes will be able to put government-funded caravans or modular houses on their properties until they get the job done.

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Gympie-Gympie stinging tree causing hospitalisations in Far North Queensland

Naomi Lewis said nothing could have prepared her for the excruciating and long-lasting pain of an encounter with a venomous stinging tree in Queensland's far north.

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University of Queensland's COVID vaccine technology finally moves to human trial phase after 2020 false start

A human trial has been launched into the University of Queensland's second-generation COVID vaccine, more than two years after the original technology was abandoned amid patients falsely testing positive to HIV.

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Burnett Mary Regional group to produce biofuel with commercial pongamia crop

An environmental group is set to produce biofuels for the Japanese aviation industry by establishing a commercial pongamia plantation in Queensland.

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Medical gels made from spinifex grass to provide 'safer' treatments, jobs for Indigenous Australians

Scientists in outback Queensland are combining traditional Aboriginal knowledge with western medicine to develop a new treatment for conditions such as arthritis, while also creating STEM jobs for First Nations people.

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Seismic survey debate returns to south-west Victoria after national talks with fishers break down

National plans to create a framework for compensating fishers affected by seismic surveying have failed. What does it mean for fishers fighting big oil and gas companies?

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Having good friends can slash your risk of 11 silent killers - including cancer and heart disease

A new study has found that spending time with our buddies can help keep us healthy in middle age. The study was carried out by the University of Queensland in Australia, who used data from 7,700 Aussie women ranging in age from 45 to 50.

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Training doctors in regional Australia increases chances they will work there, study finds

A new study has found that medical students are seven times more likely to work in regional Australia if some of their training is done outside the big cities.

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