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AUSTRALIA

Why the future of Australia’s marine economy depends on public trust
- Hugh Breakey, Rebecca Marshallsay, Larelle Bossi, Charles Sampford
- 04 November 2024
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While the government's Sustainable Ocean Plan rightly prioritizes environmental sustainability, long-term success in managing Australia’s vast ocean spaces will also require a strong focus on social sustainability. For Australia’s marine industries to thrive, they must not only secure genuine social license but also navigate its potential risks.
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INTERNATIONAL

In Laos, war isn't over even when its over
- Melody Kemp
- 04 October 2024
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By the time the last American bombs had fallen in 1973, Laos had attained the dubious title as the most heavily bombed country in the world per capita. An estimated 270 million bombs were dropped on this small country, 80 million of which remain unexploded.
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ENVIRONMENT

The forest wars
- Tony Smith
- 04 October 2024
The Forest Wars reveals how vested interests make life difficult for the scientists and activists who attempt to defend the environment, a war waged through deforestation on one hand and deception and obfuscation on the other. Linenmayer asks: if we continue to allow vested interests to drive deforestation, how long before the forests — and the future they promise — are lost beyond repair?
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Best of 2023: Tim Winton's wild nature
- David Halliday
- 04 January 2024
The name Tim Winton conjures up images of ocean surf and wild remote beaches. With four decades under his belt as Australia's most celebrated novelist, Winton has long explored the mysteries of the natural world in the pages of his novels. Now, speaking to Eureka Street, Tim Winton discusses his new documentary Ningaloo Nyinggulu and why we need to rethink our relationship to the wild.
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ENVIRONMENT

The forest maker: In conversation with Tony Rinaudo
- Sarah Bacaller
- 30 June 2023
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The work of Tony Rinaudo has contributed to the regeneration of over six million hectares of desertified land in Niger alone. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), is an approach to reforestation has become a global movement and is gaining popularity as a tool in the fight against climate change.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Tim Winton's wild nature
- David Halliday
- 16 May 2023
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Arguably Australia's most celebrated novelist, Tim Winton conjures up images of ocean surf and wild remote beaches, having spent decades exploring the mysteries of the natural world in the pages of his novels. Now, speaking to Eureka Street, Tim Winton discusses his new documentary Ningaloo Nyinggulu and why we need to rethink our relationship to the wild.
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AUSTRALIA

Speaking in tongues: In conversation with Father Bob Maguire
- Michael McVeigh
- 12 May 2023
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In January 2006, I interviewed Father Bob Maguire. Father Bob was gracious enough to give me an hour of his time one afternoon in a conversation that was memorable, enlightening and entertaining at the same time. Here, published for the first time, is that interview in full.
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AUSTRALIA

Remembering Father Bob Maguire
- Michael McVeigh
- 26 April 2023
Some people live large. Their presence fills a room and stays with you for a long time afterwards. Father Bob Maguire, who died last week, was one of those people. Fr Bob’s voice, his presence, left a mark on the lives of so many people, from so many walks of life.
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AUSTRALIA

Indigenous cultural fishing should be supported, not criminalised
- Paul Cleary
- 21 November 2022
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An intense and often ugly battle over marine resources has been unfolding between State authorities and Aboriginal people along the NSW coast. At the heart of the conflict is the NSW government’s refusal to acknowledge the right to cultural fishing by Aboriginal people, unlike other states and the federal Native Title Act (1993).
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CARTOON

The forgotten Australians
- Fiona Katauskas
- 11 May 2021
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MEDIA

Media needs ethical bushfire coverage
- Monika Lancucki
- 04 February 2020
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The media serve an important role in keeping people informed in times of disaster and the social media campaigns to spend with businesses in fire-affected communities are having a helpful impact. But the nature, extent and motivation of media coverage of disasters such as the bushfires this summer needs to be considered.
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AUSTRALIA

A royal commission for the land
- Kate Galloway
- 20 January 2020
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For our society to function responsively to what is now a dynamically changing context, we urgently need differently oriented governance. This will, no doubt, be unpalatable for some — both in government and in the general public. But without re-setting how we are governed, our land and our society will suffer further destruction.
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Keywords: Wildlife