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  2. Thumbnail for The bushfire royal commission has made a clarion call for change

    The bushfire royal commission has made a clarion call for change

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1079-the-bushfire-royal-commission-has-made-a-clarion-call-for-change
    30 Oct 2020: By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire ScienceThe bushfire royal commission today handed down its long-awaited final report. At almost 1,000 pages, it will take us all some time to digest. But it marks the start of Australia’s
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    How Councils help with affordable housing

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/626-how-councils-help-with-affordable-housing
    5 Jun 2018: Tasmania is in the grip of a rental housing affordability crisis. What do local governments do to help?Rural areas in particular lack rental options. To find housing, older people living in rural areas may often face a heartbreaking decision to
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    Oxford deal welcome, but the vaccine hasn’t been proven to work yet

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1047-oxford-deal-welcome-but-the-vaccine-hasnt-been-proven-to-work-yet
    19 Aug 2020: By Katie Louise Flanagan, Infectious Diseases Specialist and Clinical Professor, University of Tasmania, and Magdalena Plebanski, Professor of Immunology, RMIT UniversityPrime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Wednesday the Australian government
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    Should Australia recognise the human right to a healthy environment?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/545-should-australia-recognise-the-human-right-to-a-healthy-environment
    28 Feb 2018: Australia is one of only 15 nations (a list that also includes Canada and the United States) that does not recognise the human right to a healthy environment at the federal level. Last year, the Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental
  6. Thumbnail for Some workers ‘cyberloaf’ if they think they can get away with it

    Some workers ‘cyberloaf’ if they think they can get away with it

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/374-some-workers-cyberloaf-if-they-think-they-can-get-away-with-it
    17 Aug 2017: Sending personal emails, a bit of online shopping, checking out your friend’s holiday snaps on Facebook: if you break up your work day with online activities that aren’t work-related, you may be guilty of “cyberloafing”. Cyberloafing –
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    Eye robot: The new age of exploration

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/18-eye-robot-the-new-age-of-exploration
    1 Aug 2015: The $24 million Antarctic Gateway Partnership, launched by the Federal Government last month, will see the establishment of a marine technology hub to build next-generation hybrid autonomous vehicles for measurements within the polar environment;
  8. Thumbnail for Clearfelling increases fire risk, but not all native forestry is bad

    Clearfelling increases fire risk, but not all native forestry is bad

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1173-clearfelling-increases-fire-risk-but-not-all-native-forestry-is-bad
    12 Oct 2021: Tasmanian giant eucalypt forests, or more precisely, mature tall wet Eucalyptus forests (TWEF), are among the most unusual and important forests on Earth. Old growth TWEF store more carbon than any other forests, and are important to the timber
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    If you’re planning to hike this winter, invest in the right gear

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1139-if-youre-planning-to-hike-this-winter-invest-in-the-right-gear
    1 Jun 2021: Two years ago, emergency workers rescued a hiker in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. He had spent nine days in his tent in freezing weather with dangerous blizzards, trying to keep dry from infiltrating snow and rain. Because he was an
  10. Thumbnail for Location and voice technology are the future of retail

    Location and voice technology are the future of retail

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/575-location-and-voice-technology-are-the-future-of-retail
    11 Apr 2018: Retailers, struggling to connect with their customers, have been trialling new technologies to blend in-store and digital experiences. Interactive kiosks, mobile-friendly websites and transactional apps have become the norm. But shoppers are looking
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    Melting ice and satellites: how to measure the Earth’s ‘wiggle'

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/293-melting-ice-and-satellites-how-to-measure-the-earths-wiggle
    30 May 2017: "In a driverless future, it will be vital that our cars know exactly where they are on the road, down to the millimetre. We’ve found that our current methods of measuring location may not be up to scratch. Changes on Earth’s surface, including
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