The Name of the Sister begins in classic genre territory: a young woman is found stumbling down an outback road, without the power of speech and without an apparent identity.
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Director Paul Goldman’s film could have shone a new light on the more difficult aspects of Australian masculinity. Sadly, it ends up feeling contrived.
One was a celebrity adventurer, the other was a skilled Indigenous artist who painted everything in sight. A new look at old photographs confirms their meeting.
The location of a dinosaur find on a remote Queensland sheep station was lost for almost 80 years. But the site was rediscovered, and details are now emerging about the make up of the new dinosaur.
‘Australian values’ have been mangled into meaninglessness by countless politicians. But there is an national character, shaped by the Australian land. New research investigates Outback values.
The notion of using dingoes to protect Australia’s wildlife is based on wolves in the US, but research cast doubts on the link.
Australia is wealthy, but its huge size and relatively small rural economy mean we’ll have to dig deep to find the cash needed to safeguard our environment.
Aboriginal people have been using the stars to help remember routes between distant locations, and these routes are still alive in our highway networks today.
The Outback covers 70% of Australia, and its water is precious and scarce. Yet there is no joined-up plan to monitor and manage Outback water, despite the wealth of species and communities that depend on it.
Recently, Tony Abbott asserted the government couldn’t afford to fund the “lifestyle choices” of remotely-based Aboriginal people. But such communities could be key to meeting the demands of our future.
Remote Indigenous communities aren’t just places to live - they are also crucial for supporting ranger programs and other projects that protect the environment in areas that might otherwise go untended.
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Adjunct Associate Professor in Landscape Ecology, University of New England
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Phd candidate, Ecology, University of New England
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Lecturer in Law, University of New England
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Adjunct Professor, RMIT University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Adjunct fellow, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow - Agricultural Education and Extension, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor, Research School of Biology, Australian National University
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Associate professor, University of New England
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Professor, Research Institute for Environment & Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Charles Darwin University
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Emeritus professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, ANU, Australian National University
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Research Associate, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
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Associate Professor in cross-cultural ecology, Macquarie University
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Director, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law, University of New England
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Chair in Rock Art Research and Director of the Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit (PERAHU), Griffith University