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Peter Bragge Associate Professor, Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI) at BehaviourWorks Australia, MSDI

Sometimes when you say 'don't', people do

Politicians talking to the public about the coronavirus and their behaviour as if they were misbehaving children may be doing more harm than good.

Politicians talking to the public about the coronavirus and their behaviour as if they were misbehaving children may be doing more harm than good.

Paul Read Senior Lecturer, School of Psychological Sciences

Behind the megafires

What role did climate change play in Australia's devastating bushfires?

What role did climate change play in Australia's devastating bushfires?

Kate Fitz-Gibbon Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre

Coronavirus and the domestic violence threat

For some women and children, safely isolating at home will simply not be an option.

For some women and children, safely isolating at home will simply not be an option.

Technology and engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology and engineering

Mapping bushfires

Vast amounts of satellite data gives us an unprecedented ability to map the extent and severity of fires, but we're not exploiting it – yet.

Christoph Rudiger Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University

Vast amounts of satellite data gives us an unprecedented ability to map the extent and severity of fires, but we're not exploiting it – yet.

Featured

Denise Goodwin Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, MSDI

The natural path to healing

Community-based ecological restoration can aid wellbeing and resilience, and could be used to inform future bushfire plans.

Community-based ecological restoration can aid wellbeing and resilience, and could be used to inform future bushfire plans.

Science

Saving the eastern bristlebird

As bushfires ravaged Victoria’s northeast, a team flew in to rescue the endangered bird species.

Rohan Clarke Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences

As bushfires ravaged Victoria’s northeast, a team flew in to rescue the endangered bird species.

Business and economy

Business And Economy

Business and economy

Love thy neighbour

Even though Australians and Indonesians are friendly and easy-going, systemic boundaries can slow the process of collaboration.

Martijn Van Der Kamp Teaching Fellow, Monash Business School

Even though Australians and Indonesians are friendly and easy-going, systemic boundaries can slow the process of collaboration.

Science

Melbourne's wild January weather explained

Hailstorms in summer, and sub-20-degree days closely followed by plus-40-degree days. Is it a harbinger of our changing climate, a response to some major atmospheric unrest, or just a series of unfortunate events?

Rob Warren Research Fellow, School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment

Hailstorms in summer, and sub-20-degree days closely followed by plus-40-degree days. Is it a harbinger of our changing climate, a response to some major atmospheric unrest, or just a series of unfortunate events?

Denise Goodwin Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, MSDI

A time to act

For many Australians, the bushfire disaster could represent a turning point: the moment they adopt new, long-term behaviours to help nature.

For many Australians, the bushfire disaster could represent a turning point: the moment they adopt new, long-term behaviours to help nature.

Business And Economy

Anna Skarbek Chief Executive Officer, ClimateWorks Australia

Zeroing in on climate change

More and more, companies are adjusting to the risk of climate change and incorporating carbon neutral plans. Are you one of them?

More and more, companies are adjusting to the risk of climate change and incorporating carbon neutral plans. Are you one of them?

Medicine and health

Medicine And Health

Medicine and health

Bushfire smoke and your health

Melbourne is again blanketed in smoke from bushfires, but the health implications from it may not be known for years.

Michael Abramson Professor of clinical epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive medicine

Melbourne is again blanketed in smoke from bushfires, but the health implications from it may not be known for years.

Business And Economy

Jasmina Ilicic Associate Professor, Department of Marketing

Fires and celebrity faultlines

The connection of the bushfire disaster with climate change is increasing scrutiny of celebrities and their endorsements, just ask Roger Federer.

The connection of the bushfire disaster with climate change is increasing scrutiny of celebrities and their endorsements, just ask Roger Federer.

Mark Andrejevic Professor, Communications and Media Studies

When the truth goes up in flames

The catastrophic bushfires have highlighted the connection between threats to the natural environment and the media environment, through which misinformation is spreading at a disturbing rate.

The catastrophic bushfires have highlighted the connection between threats to the natural environment and the media environment, through which misinformation is spreading at a disturbing rate.

Lynette Russell Professor and Director, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

Fighting fire with ancient knowledge

With Australia in the grip of devastating bushfires, Indigenous people must be involved in prevention strategies.

With Australia in the grip of devastating bushfires, Indigenous people must be involved in prevention strategies.

James Walter Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the School of Social Sciences

Morrison's epic fail

A crisis of this scale requires a willingness to generate bipartisan consensus, but the PM has struggled to put the national interest above party politics.

A crisis of this scale requires a willingness to generate bipartisan consensus, but the PM has struggled to put the national interest above party politics.

Neville Nicholls Emeritus Professor, School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment

The summer threat beyond the fires

The peak time for heatwaves in southern Australia hasn't yet arrived. Many parts of Australia can expect heavy rains and flooding, and northern Australia's cyclone season is just gearing up.

The peak time for heatwaves in southern Australia hasn't yet arrived. Many parts of Australia can expect heavy rains and flooding, and northern Australia's cyclone season is just gearing up.