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Women’s participation is crucial to fight climate change

November 28, 2022

By Dr Carolina Mayen Huerta Published on November 28, 2022 This year’s UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP 27), held in Egypt in Sharm El-Sheikh, has highlighted once again that climate change is the single most critical challenge of the 21st century. This time, however, an assertion has been emphasized more strongly than on other occasions: this crisis is not gender-neutral. Extreme weather events pose unique threats to the livelihoods, health and safety of women and girls.

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Q&A: Victoria’s monster mosquito explosion

November 24, 2022

By V\u00e9ronique Paris Published on November 24, 2022 It’s evening and you’re just starting to relax after a hectic day. Just as you do, you hear the unmistakable high whine of a circling mosquito. It’s something most of us are used to in Australia, but does it feel like it’s happening more often this spring? Or that there are more of those blood suckers around on the hunt for a meal?

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The sound of your internet history

November 23, 2022

By Gabby Bush Published on November 23, 2022 Somehow, the world has come to believe that the internet knows us. That we hand over so much data, spend so much time online and share so much of ourselves, that some tech evangelists might tell us they could recreate us completely, using AI. Some even claim that “the internet knows you better than your spouse does.” The audio journey of Scrape Elegy is designed to make you laugh.

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Conserving the world’s oldest processional dragon

November 22, 2022

By Dr Holly Jones-Amin Published on November 22, 2022 Loong is a 40-metre long, five-clawed (or imperial) dragon who is now more than 120 years old. He lives in regional Victoria and is recognised on Victoria’s Heritage register for his historical and cultural significance to the community. What’s extraordinary is not only his survival but the fact that Loong is the oldest surviving complete processional dragon in the world.

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Homicide at home

November 22, 2022

By Published on November 22, 2022 The UN's 16 days of activism against gender-based violence draws our attention to the number of women who die at the hands of their former or current partner. Many of these women are mothers who leave children behind. The children bereaved due to domestic homicide are often invisible, silenced and stigmatised. This needs to change. CONTENT WARNING: These articles discuss violence and mental health.

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