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July 22, 2025

Ultra fast fashion could be taxed to oblivion in France. Could Australia follow suit?

Rowena Maguire, Queensland University of Technology

Ultra-fast fashion comes with a host of environmental problems. Australia’s response to the deluge of cheap low quality clothes hasn’t led to change.

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March 21, 2022

Governments love to talk about ‘shared responsibility’ in a disaster – but does anyone know what it means?

Rowena Maguire, Queensland University of Technology; Amanda Kennedy, Queensland University of Technology; Annastasia Bousgas, Queensland University of Technology; Bridget Lewis, Queensland University of Technology, and Melissa Bull, Queensland University of Technology

There is a huge amount of legislation talking about ‘shared responsibility’ but it isn’t clear what this means or who needs to do what and when.

Women and children are 14 times more likely than men to die in a disaster. AAP Image/Darren Pateman

November 17, 2019

Domestic violence will spike in the bushfire aftermath, and governments can no longer ignore it

Rowena Maguire, Queensland University of Technology; Danielle Bozin, Queensland University of Technology, and Gary Mortimer, Queensland University of Technology

Natural disasters amplify the conditions leading to domestic violence. Yet Australia’s disaster policies are “gender blind”.

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December 16, 2018

How to have yourself a plastic‑free Christmas

Manuela Taboada, Queensland University of Technology; Glenda Amayo Caldwell, Queensland University of Technology; Hope Johnson, Queensland University of Technology; Leonie Barner, Queensland University of Technology, and Rowena Maguire, Queensland University of Technology

Christmas is hectic, and it can be easy just to go with the flow and vow to cut your plastic use in the new year. But here are some easy steps you can take now to make your Christmas plastic-free.

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