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Drilled Alaska: experts comment on Trump's oil and gas plan

Particularly vulnerable are the important calving areas of the porcupine caribou, that are critically important to the health, livelihoods and cultural and spiritual wellbeing of Gwich'in and other native peoples ... 2C of warming, progressing oil
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/08/20/drilled-alaska--experts-comment-on-trump-s-oil-and-gas-plan.html
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Where to take refuge in your home during a bushfire

This reflects an emphasis on preserving human life during a bushfire event – an emphasis that has strengthened since the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. ... Even when planning to leave early, unexpected events can occur. Not being able to find a child
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/12/20/where-to-take-refuge-in-your-home-during-a-bushfire.html
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Why is there concern about corruption in Australia?

They are often used when there is a need to evaluate an event where direct data is incomplete, not available or corrupted.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/02/11/why-is-there-concern-about-corruption-in-australia-.html
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Multispecies justice: new approach to a growing environmental threat

The consequences of humans standing apart from the environment. Confronting another climate change summer of extremes, it's obvious the future of humans and the health of the environment are inextricably ... Our bodies also host an ecosystem: our gut
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/11/20/multispecies-justice-a-new-approach-to-a-growing-environmental-threat.html
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Reporting a few cases of negative side effects is alarmist and damaging

This could have a long-lasting detrimental impact on women’s reproductive health in Australia. ... This reporting by the ABC is irresponsible and detrimental to women’s health.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/12/13/reporting-a-few-cases-of-negative-side-effects-is-alarmist-and-d.html
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How Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer win merges pop and classical

How Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer win merges pop and classical. 30 April 2018. As the Pulitzer Music Prize moves away from recognising composers of traditional art music, Dr Scott Davie from Sydney Conservatorium of Music discusses the musical and
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/04/30/how-kendrick-lamar-s-pulitzer-win-merges-pop-and-classical-.html
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The first time I spoke in my own language I broke down and wept

Language loss is so core to our identity as peoples it has had a profound effect on our social and emotional wellbeing, affecting our health and our capacity to thrive economically,
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/12/02/the-first-time-i-spoke-in-my-own-language-i-broke-down-and-wept.html
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Australian horses race with their tongues tied

How common are they? Tongue-ties are banned in most non-racing sports by the international governing body of equestrian sports, Federation Equestre Internationale, so are not seen in events like
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/07/16/australian-horses-race-with-their-tongues-tied.html
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When there is good vaccine news efficacy is only the beginning of the story

In any event, this emergency use authorisation is an early, or conditional approval, as the phase 3 trials are still ongoing. ... It was written by Associate Professor Nicholas Wood, Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/11/25/when-there-is-good-vaccine-news-efficacy-is-only-the-beginning-o.html
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Top picks of the Sydney Film Festival

Are there any events and talks around town that you're particularly excited about seeing? ... DK: As far as events go, a documentary I didn’t mention but perhaps should have is Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami’s Sonita, a film about a young Afghan refugee,
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/06/03/-top-picks-of-the-sydney-film-festival.html