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Language preservation critical for culture in First Nations communities

According to experts, only a fragment of 250 traditional First Nations languages from pre-colonial Australia are spoken in homes today, showing the priority to preserve both First Nations language and storytelling. Dr Debra Dank wrote ‘ We Come With This Place’ as part of her PhD thesis and explores how maintaining traditional storytelling is important …

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The Bees Decide

The Bee brain may be small, but in fact Bees have to make quick life preserving decision – all whilst in-flight. How do they do it? Professor Andrew Barron and his neurology team at Macquarie University may have the answer. And robots could benefit from this knowledge. Image: Image – Supplied – Théotime Colin Produced …

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Phone Scam Chat Bots

It is estimated that $55 Billion is lost each year thanks to phone call scammers. Wouldn’t it be great to have all the time wasted by scammers back? Macquarie University Cyber researchers have hit on an idea to get back some of the time they have taken from us.  Have a clever Chatbot keep the …

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Over 41,000 Victims of Modern Slavery in Australia – New Study Finds

New Research has found that there are an estimated  over 41,000 victims of modern slavery in Australia, a number that has almost doubled over the course of the last four years. Many of the services and opportunities available for victims are inaccessible, including an inaccessibility to housing.   If you or someone you know is …

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The End of Wagner PMC?

An ongoing spat between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of The Wagner private military company Yevgeny Prihgozhin peaked last weekend when Wagner occupied the city of Rostov and threatened to move on Moscow. At some point, during the chaos, Prihgozhin had a moment of clarity and turned his forces back, avoiding a civil …

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Small regional town of Queensland celebrates first LGBTIQ+ Pride

Throughout June, the world celebrated the LGBTIQ+ Pride, and Australia is not the exception. While metro areas like Sydney and Melbourne are well known to accept the LGBTIQ+ community, some regional areas don’t have this luxury, and it’s more challenging because of the discrimination the community faces. This month, the Queensland town of Gympie celebrated …

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