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University of the Sunshine Coast on The Conversation
By:   ['Anna Potter', 'Dan Abell', 'David Schoeman', 'Dominique Potvin', 'Emily Ross', 'Gemma Read', 'James Freeman', 'Karen Becker', 'Kathy Ann Townsend', 'Laura Mills']
Date: Date:2021-07-13 20:10:42+00:00

Kathy Townsend July 13, 2021 Headphones, saw blades, coat hangers: how human trash in Australian bird nests changed over 195 years A world-first study inspected 900 bird nest specimens from 1823 to 2018. The types of debris the birds use reflect changes in Australian society over time.

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Shutterstock March 28, 2021 1 in 4 unemployed Australians has a degree. How did we get to this point? More and more Australians are gaining university degrees. And increasingly that means a degree does not guarantee a job, although it did appear to offer some protection against COVID job losses.

Lukas Coch/AAP March 17, 2021 How local content rules on streamers could seriously backfire Pursuing local content requirements on streaming services is a high risk, low reward campaign. The reality is global streamers can’t save Australian television.

AAP Image/Supplied by Save Fraser Island Dingoes December 8, 2020 The K' gari-Fraser Island bushfire is causing catastrophic damage. What can we expect when it’s all over? The Australian landscape’s need for fire isn’t straightforward, and a fire of this magnitude will alter the island’s ecological balance.

Shutterstock November 25, 2020 Drones, detection dogs, poo spotting: what’s the best way to conduct Australia’s Great Koala Count? The federal government has ordered a national koala audit, but the animals are notoriously difficult to detect. But accurately counting koalas is critical to saving them.

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Robin Worrall/Unsplash October 30, 2020 How political parties legally harvest your data and use it to bombard you with election spam As Queensland heads to to the polls, hundreds of voters have received unsolicited text messages from Clive Palmer urging them to vote against Labor. And that’s just the tip of the electioneering iceberg.

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Shutterstock September 21, 2020 ‘I didn’t mean to hurt you’: new research shows funnel webs don’t set out to kill humans Funnel webs are considered one of Australia’s most fearsome spiders, but their ability to kill humans is by accident rather than design.
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