Following the death of a young backpacker, the Queensland government has killed dingoes seen near her body. But will this cull protect tourists?
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When we co-exist with predators, it’s inevitable to have dangerous encounters, especially when they’re habituated to people.
Establishing the age of K'gari (Fraser Island) confirms it emerged before the reef, despite the climate being suitable for coral growth long before then.
Fraser Island was renamed to the original Butchulla name, K'gari. Returning to original place names is a significant step in First Nations people maintaining cultural identity in Australia.
The Australian landscape’s need for fire isn’t straightforward, and a fire of this magnitude will alter the island’s ecological balance.
Management practices that don’t consider the history, ecology and social circumstances of dingo populations help drive their aggression towards people.
Of 19 World Heritage sites across the country, only two, Kakadu and Uluru-Kata Tjuta, recognise the values of “living” Aboriginal culture. None of Australia’s three sites inscribed purely for cultural values recognises Aboriginal people.
The famous dingoes of Fraser Island are not threatened by the practice of culling dangerous dingoes, says new research which shows the numbers killed are too small to harm the population’s sustainability.
Fraser Island dingoes, a population facing extinction, are back in the news again, but for all the wrong reasons. The latest? Australian rangers have killed two dingoes believed to have mauled a three-year-old…
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Wildlife ecologist, University of Southern Queensland
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Veterinarianr; Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Services; Project Director of AGSRCA, Monash University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Macquarie University
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Lawyer, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor Emeritus, School of Social Science, University of Queensland and past inaugural Willem Willems Chair for Contemporary Issues in Archaeological Heritage Management, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Netherlands, The University of Queensland
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Environmental Management Program Coordinator, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Adjunct Professor, University of Queensland, and Professor and Head of School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury
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Associate Professor, School of Arts and Communication, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor of Behavioural Ecology, Curtin University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
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Research Fellow in Canid and Wildlife Genomics, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia