Without urgent action, a species that helps hold rainforests together might be gone for good.
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For an ecologist working in a tangle of creeks in North Queensland, crocodiles are a tangible threat. We are food to them, yet we must learn to co-exist with these creatures.
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, regional Australia needs local government to emulate the example of the local councils that brought prosperity to North Queensland after the second world war.
These megafauna were the largest land animals to live in Australia since the time of the dinosaurs.
The rise of global cities, metropolises that dominate their states, is exposing Australia’s lack of metropolitan governments. It’s time to restart the evolution of our states after a century on hold.
Most homes are not as cyclone-ready as they could be. It seems lower insurance premiums aren’t enough of an incentive for owners to upgrade their homes, but a new study points to some solutions.
The ‘New Bradfield’ scheme seeks to revive a nation-building ethos supposedly stifled by bureaucratic inertia. But there are good reasons the scheme never became a reality.
Two Queensland-based experts discuss what so many politicians and pundits get wrong about the Sunshine State – and what its citizens are crying out for.
Major voter concerns for North Queensland reflect the expectations that minor party preferences will determine the election outcome.
Only about 5% of Australians live in the tropics, but it is not a mysterious or unopened land of limitless untapped potential. The ambition of northern development dates back to the 19th century.
Three north Queensland MPs representing just 3% of the state’s population will wield huge power in Queensland’s parliament when it resumes on Tuesday.
Top contributors
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Adjunct associate, James Cook University
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Adjunct Professor of History, James Cook University
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Professor in Tropical Regional Development, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University
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Professor in Geochronology and Geochemistry, Southern Cross University
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Research Fellow, James Cook University
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Associate Professor in Earth Sciences, University of Adelaide, University of Wollongong
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Engagement), University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer in History, James Cook University
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Principal Research Fellow Applied Palaeontology & Palaeotourism, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Biogeochemistry, University of Wollongong
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Professor, the McKinnon Institute for Political Leadership, Monash University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, James Cook University
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Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures, University of Queensland., The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology