Media Centre
Tuesday 30 June 2026
UOW hosts global experts to tackle forced displacement as an international crime
Read more about UOW hosts global experts to tackle forced displacement as an international crimeWednesday 24 June 2026
UOW remains in world’s top 50 for THE Sustainability Impact Ratings
Read more about UOW remains in world’s top 50 for THE Sustainability Impact RatingsArticles
Cheap, effective and dangerous: how Australian farmers came to depend on the toxic weedkiller paraquat
Despite concerns that longer-term exposure could be linked to Parkinson鈥檚 disease, there are few alternatives suited to current farming practices
Lake mud reveals 7,000 years of Kangaroo Island’s complex fire history
Without First Nations people, Kangaroo Island has burned widely over the past 2,000 years as the climate got drier.
Indigenous-led weed management research wins international award
The prize-winning report explores how Indigenous perspectives can transform environmental management and healing of Country
First global bee estimates hint at thousands of hidden species
Groundbreaking study counts species across continents and countries, highlighting urgent gaps in biodiversity knowledge
Human composting, natural burials, water cremation: greener ways to go when you die
Burial and cremation come with some pretty major environmental problems. Both involve huge amounts of energy, resources and pollution.
Meet the weird, wonderful creatures that live in Australia’s desert water holes
They might not be there much longer