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Australia's oldest public affairs magazine - Continuously in print since 1929. Covering the intersection between science, society and policy - and promoting evidence-informed policy #auspol #scienceadvice

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Fabulous to be at the SA #Scienceweek awards, including @AIPS_Science Tall Poppy Awards, Unsung Heroes & Citizen Science!

@inspiringaus @Aus_ScienceWeek

08.08.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Climatechange & #youthmentalhealth are increasingly intertwined. Now @curtinuniversity.bsky.social is working with @climatecares.bsky.social for Oz's largest ever youth survey on mental health & climate change.

If you're 18-30 then you can complete the survey here: www.ecomind.au/survey

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29.07.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We can effectively eradicate #HIV infection in Australia - and it's not that far away. But what needs to happen to achieve this amazing milestone! @DrJasonOng walks us through what is next in vanquishing the spectre of HIV.

Only in the new AQ - aq.magazine.com.au

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28.07.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Your Weekend FREE READ: State of the Nation with Prof Kerrie Wilson.

Connecting science to community and engaging citizens in the scientific process, is critical to building trust and inoculating our society against manipulation.

Read now: www.chiefscientist.qld.gov.au/__data/asset...

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25.07.2025 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time for Australia to #SLAPP back. There is a growing trend of cashed-up polluters using the courts to try and silence protest, making Australia more litigious & further weakening civil society.

@david-ritter.bsky.social @greenpeaceap.bsky.social in the new AQ

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24.07.2025 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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At 16, when a young person wants their licence there are systems in place - supervision, study, practice, road rules. Yet the #socialmediaban does not do the same. They still enter an unregulated, un-policed space. More must be done to fix the problem, not just delay the harm...

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22.07.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Out Now: Youth Crime in Australia: Rhetoric vs Reality. From sensationalist media reports to political rhetoric, youth crime has become a lighting rod in Australia. These discussions, however, often obscure the evidence – youth crime is on the decline

Get AQ $28 a year - aq.magazine.com.au

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21.07.2025 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FREE ARTICLE: Empowering the Collective: The Fight Against Mis/Disinformation. In collab with the the QLD Chief Scientist we are releasing the full text of Prof Kerrie Wilson's article.

So get a sneak peek of the new AQ - Out now!

www.chiefscientist.qld.gov.au/__data/asset...

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07.07.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The government has committed to ending HIV transmission in #Australia. But what does this actually mean? To get there we'll have to be ambitious and inclusive. @drjasonjong.bsky.social

Read all about in the new AQ - Out now! Only $28 for a year's print subscription

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04.07.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AQ: Australian Quarterly 96.2 - July-Sept 2025 - AIPS What's in the new AQ? Check out the preview now and read on the debates less heard.

New AQ out now, feat: Prof Kerrie Wilson, QLD Chief Scientist discussing the risks of mis/disinformation, connecting science to community & engaging citizens in the scientific process.

Edition preview: aips.org.au/aq-magazine/...

Subscribe for only $28 a year! aq.magazine.com.au

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02.07.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stunning talk by @crsugimoto.bsky.social opening day 2 of #Metascience2025 including an explicit acknowledgement of how the language of metascience is being co-opted and weaponised by US science policy

01.07.2025 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Out today in AQ, featuring: The topic of youth crime frequently dominates public discourse. From sensationalist media reports to political rhetoric, the issue has become a lightning rod for fear and anxiety, yet youth crime is actually on the decline....

Get AQ now: aips.org.au/aq-magazine/...

01.07.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the new AQ, @David_Ritter from @GreenpeaceAP: There's a growing trend of cashed-up corporations using the courts to silence lawful opposition using SLAPP suits. This malignant exercise of power is weakening civil society and discouraging scrutiny

Only in AQ: aq.magazine.com.au/our

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29.06.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Individual Subscriptions - AIPS In an age of alternative facts,Β AQΒ prioritises evidence-informed debate of the issues that will shape our country and the world.

In the new AQ: When a 16yo wants to drive a car, we don’t just hand them the keys. There are systems requiring supervision, study, practice, standards, road rules. The social media ban requires similar systems thinking.

$28 a year: aips.org.au/aq-magazine/...

@Orygen_aus #auspol

26.06.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AQ: Australian Quarterly 96.2 - July-Sept 2025 - AIPS What's in the new AQ? Check out the preview now and read on the debates less heard.

Sneak Peek of the upcoming July AQ - aips.org.au/aq-magazine/...

Featuring Big Business' increasing use of #SLAPP suits on civil society; explaining why the rhetoric of youth crime doesn't match the reality, ending HIV in Australia and more!

Get it in your hands for only $28 a year! #auspol

25.06.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New AQ out 1 July - subscribe to get it first! www.aq.magazine.com.au

Feat: @David-Ritter on #SLAPP suits & social protest, @orygen.org.au‬ on the #socialmediaban & youth #mentalhealth, @DrJasonJOng ending HIV in Australia, @susanbaidawi on fixing youth justice and fighting #Disinformation

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24.06.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazing to hear current AQ authors, JJ Richardson & Robert Mond, will be pitching their science at the Nobel Laureates Meeting in Lindau. Their technology to help save plant biodiversity could change the face of pesticides globally - and they wrote about it in AQ!

www.linkedin.com/posts/jj-jos...

23.06.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thousands of #asylumseekers lives were changed with a law change in 2023, yet thousands more on the Legacy Caseload are still sitting in limbo. So what is next for the forgotten people of Australia's torturous asylum seeker system? Find out in the new AQ:

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02.06.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As temperatures soar in Central Oz, the fundamentals of how we live and build in #Australia will need to be rethought. And co-design with #Indigenous Australians will have to be central to this. #auspol

In the new AQ, remote communities are bearing the brunt of #climatechange: aq.magazine.com.au

30.05.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#AI keeps getting better and even Vice-Chancellors might not be safe...So what does a university system look like where values overcome corporatisation and the human in the system enables thriving, interpersonal education?

Find out in the new AQ: aq.magazine.com.au

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28.05.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reimagining Our Cities: A Response To The Polycrisis | Regen Melbourne The Australia Quarterly invited CEO of Regen Melbourne, Kaj LΓΆfgren, to reflect on RM’s work in the context of the polycrisis for their April 2025 edition. The article is republished here with…

Free Article! Reimagining Our Cities: A Response To The Polycrisis - The CEO of #RegenMelbourne, Kaj Lofgren, has written the current cover story for AQ. And it's so good that we can't help but share it with everyone!

www.regen.melbourne/news/reimagi...

Please read and share widely! #auspol

26.05.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Australia's iconic eucalypts are in danger - what does nanotech & a doco-maker have to do with saving them? In a heart-warming & enlightening read, we explore the intersection between biosecurity, nanotech, & making science exciting.

Only in AQ, aq.magazine.com.au

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24.05.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AQ os excited to be at the @NatureFestSA theme launch, being introduced and lead through the theme of 'Flow' by the inimicable Ryan Hubbard, Director of the festival.

Www.naturefestival.org.au

23.05.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There's a lot of fearmongering about a potential modest change to super tax concessions.

As Greg explains, the changes would only marginally affect the very wealthiest; those with over $3m in super, less than 1% of all Australians.

It's a good idea. @grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol

23.05.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 305    πŸ” 132    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 3

It is with sadness that we see @csiropublishing.bsky.social wrapping up publication of its print mags, Double Helix & Cosmos. A huge loss to science publishing in Oz.

It is hard it is to survive in the modern publishing market. So if you care about independent media, make sure to support it!!

21.05.2025 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very sorry to hear this...Double Helix and Cosmos have both been standout publications that brought curiosity, inspiration, and amazement to their readers. A tragic loss to science publishing in #Australia.

And shows how hard science publishing is these days. #auspol

21.05.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AQ: Australian Quarterly 96.2 - April-June 2025 - AIPS What's in the new AQ? Check out the preview now and read on the debates less heard.

Good news is rare in Oz's refugee policy. In the new AQ we discuss how dismantling Australia's inhumane asylum seeker legacy can make Australia a better place.

See the edition preview: aips.net.au/aq-magazine/...

And then subscribe for only $28 a year, delivered! aq.magazine.com.au

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14.05.2025 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reimagining Our Cities: A Response To The Polycrisis | Regen Melbourne The Australia Quarterly invited CEO of Regen Melbourne, Kaj LΓΆfgren, to reflect on RM’s work in the context of the polycrisis for their April 2025 edition. The article is republished here with…

Free Article! Reimagining Our Cities: A Response To The Polycrisis - The CEO of #RegenMelbourne, Kaj Lofgren, has written the current cover story for AQ. And it's so good that we can't help but share it with everyone!

www.regen.melbourne/news/reimagi...

Please read and share widely! #auspol

12.05.2025 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In 2023 Australian law changed to grant permanent visas to 19,000 people living in limbo. This was monumental. Yet still to many people are locked in a bureaucratic nightmare.

In the new AQ, we celebrate the success & ask what's next for Australia's Legacy Caseload?

aips.net.au/aq-magazine/...

19.04.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can a city reimagine itself? In the new AQ, Kaj lofgren of #RegenMelbourne explains how we can co-create a new fabric of society - and changes the places that we live into places that support, reward and inspire us. #auspol

A fabulous read and not one to miss! aips.net.au/aq-magazine/...

18.04.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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