Queensland news, research and analysis - the conversation

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May 27, 2025 Millicent Kennelly, _Griffith University_; Adele Pavlidis, _Griffith University_; Laura Ripoll Gonzalez, _Griffith University_; Natalie Osborne, _Griffith University_, and Sarah


Joseph, _Griffith University_ Using legal loopholes to push forward infrastructure projects could backfire on Brisbane’s Olympic and Paralympic Games organisers. May 20, 2025 Thomas


Jeffries, _Western Sydney University_ So far there have been 221 cases of melioidosis and 31 deaths from the disease in 2025. A microbiologist explains what to know about this infection. May


7, 2025 Mark David Ryan, _Queensland University of Technology_ Many countries around the world have become important hubs in the global system of film and TV production. Trump’s proposed


tariffs could have a massive impact. May 4, 2025 David Clune, _University of Sydney_; Narelle Miragliotta, _Murdoch University_; Paul Williams, _Griffith University_; Robert Hortle,


_University of Tasmania_; Rob Manwaring, _Flinders University_, and Zareh Ghazarian, _Monash University_ Labor won the election, but how did your state vote? Here’s the breakdown of the key


seats nationally. May 2, 2025 Paul McInerney, _CSIRO_ In a Queensland river where natural gas seeps up through the water, many living creatures have come to depend on it for their carbon.


April 29, 2025 David Clune, _University of Sydney_; Narelle Miragliotta, _Murdoch University_; Paul Williams, _Griffith University_; Robert Hortle, _University of Tasmania_; Rob Manwaring,


_Flinders University_, and Zareh Ghazarian, _Monash University_ With polling day just around the corner, six experts analyse the political movements across the country, and what it might


mean electorally. April 16, 2025 David Clune, _University of Sydney_; Narelle Miragliotta, _Murdoch University_; Paul Williams, _Griffith University_; Robert Hortle, _University of


Tasmania_; Rob Manwaring, _Flinders University_, and Zareh Ghazarian, _Monash University_ We’re more than halfway through the march to polling day and politicians are zig-zagging across the


country. Here’s what’s happening in each state. April 15, 2025 Hannah Thomas, _The University of Queensland_ and Martine Maron, _The University of Queensland_ New research found regrowth in


Queensland provided valuable habitat after 15 years, on average, with some species benefiting from trees as young as 3 years of age. April 7, 2025 Caitie Kuempel, _Griffith University_ and


Marina Christofidis, _Griffith University_ Australian seafood is vital to our culture and diets, and the national economy. We must take steps now to ensure aquaculture thrives in a warmer


world. March 18, 2025 Desalegn Markos Shifti, _The University of Queensland_; Jennifer Koplin, _The University of Queensland_, and Renarta Whitcombe, _Indigenous Knowledge_ A recent study


found First Nations Australians were twice as likely to present to an emergency department with asthma or other allergy-related illnesses. March 16, 2025 Charles Livingstone, _Monash


University_ Star has again secured a lifeline and staved of collapse in the near term. But there are bigger questions about the profitability of casinos in Australia in general. March 11,


2025 Roger Jones, _Victoria University_ It’s too early to make a full estimate of the costs of Alfred’s impacts. But previous natural disasters give us a framework for thinking about them.


March 11, 2025 Javier Leon, _University of the Sunshine Coast_ Huge volumes of sand have been swept offshore by Cyclone Alfred’s waves, leaving beaches and dunes looking very different.


March 12, 2025 Maxine Newlands, _James Cook University_ The Teal independents claimed inner-city seats in 2022, but as political disenfranchisement continues, will we see the same play out


in regional Australia? March 10, 2025 Cheryl Desha, _Griffith University_ The damage from ex-Cyclone Alfred could have been so much worse – and we may not be so lucky next time. As the clean


up begins, let’s build back better. March 9, 2025 Antonia Settle, _Monash University_ Growing climate risk means growing costs of natural disasters. As premiums have risen by 300%, these


are costs that households simply can’t afford. March 8, 2025 Steve Turton, _CQUniversity Australia_ In short: the danger is not over. Residents in affected areas should remain cautious and


heed official advice, to keep themselves safe. March 6, 2025 Yetta Gurtner, _James Cook University_ How do you stay safe while you begin the clean up and recovery? It can be helpful to have


a plan of action ready. March 5, 2025 Yetta Gurtner, _James Cook University_ For millions of people, Cyclone Alfred will be their first. From “go bags” to sandbags, here’s what you should do


to be as ready as possible. March 7, 2025 Steve Turton, _CQUniversity Australia_ The seas off southeast Queensland are unusually warm, which helped ex-Cyclone Alfred intensify as it


barrelled towards the coast.