Paul Keating famously used to say the resident galah in any pet shop was talking about micro-economic policy. These days it’ll be chattering about productivity.
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There is growing interest in the use of First Peoples’ words to name plant and animal species. But we must proceed with both caution and respect.
When is a galah not a galah? That depends on which scientific name is attached to the Australian bird. There’s been some confusion over this, which DNA testing has finally solved.
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Research Director and Curator, Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, CSIRO
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Deputy Director and ARC Future Fellow, Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, Adelaide University
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Research Projects Officer, Environment Research Unit, CSIRO
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra