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9 Dec, 2019 0 comments

Listening to First Nations Voices – Podcast 5

The Listening to First Nations Voices podcast was created by non-Indigenous University of Canberra students. The idea for this podcast came from Associate Professor Samia Goudie who is passionate about Indigenous people a...

2 Dec, 2019 0 comments

Feeling the heat: producers and consumers facing up to climate change

Charles Pattison sees the effects of a warming climate everywhere he drives each Wednesday. And then he hears the first-hand accounts of how rising temperatures...

2 Dec, 2019 0 comments

Shadow of a drought

The long drought gripping the country means some towns will face ‘day zero’ in the next six months when their water supplies will run dry. The lack of rain, made worse by above-average temperatures, is stretching the r...

2 Dec, 2019 0 comments

Dogs have feelings too

When you think about it, dogs have very human-like characteristics. They sense when their owners are down, they feel happiness, sadness and empathy. So, it only makes sense that their ability ‘to feel’ is enshrined...

2 Dec, 2019 0 comments

Under-employment: the job description has changed

When Sasha moved from Bega on the far south coast of NSW to Canberra to seek out more job opportunities, she soon realised that moving to a larger city did not necessarily mean more access to work. The 20-year-old secured...

2 Dec, 2019 0 comments

Listening to First Nations Voices – Podcast 4

2 Dec, 2019 0 comments

Listening to First Nations Voices – Podcast 3

23 Jul, 2019 0 comments

Listening to First Nations Voices – Podcast 1

The Listening to First Nations Voices podcast was created by non-Indigenous University of Canberra students Samantha Budakoski, Maddy Piggott, Kitchan Pon, and Lex Roach. The idea for this podcast came from Associate P...

23 Jul, 2019 0 comments

Listening to First nations Voices – Podcast 2

23 Jul, 2019 0 comments

“It’s Insomnia Central”: Rip-Roaring Vehicles Have Been Annoying Residents On Tharwa Drive

For months, residents living next to Tharwa Drive near the Mentone View roundabout have been disturbed by loud motor vehicles that use the road as a drag strip late at night. One angry resident (who elected to remain anony...