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Digital divideA digital divide has long existed between Australia’s bustling city centres and its regional and remote areas. That divide has been exacerbated in recent years, with severe bushfires and strong storms highlighting the higher…

For the first time, the 2020 ‘Closing the Gap’ targets included a target about Aboriginal languages. Target 16 states that: “By 2031, there is a sustained increase in number and strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages…

Students have returned to school in New South Wales and Victoria after weeks of lockdowns. Along with vaccination and masks, experts have flagged good ventilation as one of the key factors in reducing the probability of COVID infection in…

Painting and pandemic came together for Andrew Jakubowicz in the realisation that there was a big missing piece in Australia’s handling of COVID-19. It had everything to do with a long history of not enough account being taken of…

The WigglesWhen Emma Watkins took over as “The Yellow Wiggle” in 2012 there were huge headlines. Her casting was a seismic shift for those who grew up loving her male predecessors (Greg Page, and then briefly Sam Moran), but also a…

A drama set in Western Sydney, Here Out West, will kick off the 2021 Sydney Film Festival, earning top billing by highlighting themes of family and community reframed in the immigrant experience.The film, made by UTS alumni Bina…

New research from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has found that pathogens that form biofilms can evolve to survive nanosilver treatment. The study is the first to demonstrate that long-term nanosilver treatment can increase the…

The collaboration is brought together by the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN), and will further develop PAIMCOS’s quarantine monitoring technology.The system addresses privacy concerns voiced in response to other quarantine monitoring…

Infections of the Delta strain are increasing across Australia. A significant number of recent outbreaks have been in schools.In the earlier waves of the COVID outbreak, in 2020, evidence showed children were getting COVID at much lower…

Water availability in Australia’s most important agricultural region will continue to decline, with less than required to be shared between community, agricultural needs and environment, according to a new analysis by researchers from the…