Our Communities - Hippocampus - The University of Newcastle, Australia https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/feeds/category-stories.rss?category=category_our_communities Stories you'll remember en-au Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:01 +1100 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:01 +1100 web@newcastle.edu.au (University of Newcastle, Australia) The policing of LGBTQ+ people casts a long, dark shadow. Marching at Mardi Gras must be backed up with real change. https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2024/the-policing-of-lgbtq-people-casts-a-long-dark-shadow?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2024/the-policing-of-lgbtq-people-casts-a-long-dark-shadow Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +1100 Public trust and confidence in NSW Police has been sorely tested in the past two weeks. The charging of a police officer with the murders of a Sydney gay couple, Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, has seen shock turn to grief and then anger.

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Long before the Voice vote, the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association called for parliamentary representation https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/the-voice-vote-for-parliamentary-representation?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/the-voice-vote-for-parliamentary-representation Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +1100 The most startling point on the referendum for a Voice to parliament is the fact the majority of people in this country have no idea of history. And I mean both Black and white people.

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Kids' well-being needs better support https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/kids-need-better-support?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/kids-need-better-support Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +1100 After years of COVID, fires and floods, kids' well-being now depends on better support

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Lacking literacy skills https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/lacking-literacy-skills?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/lacking-literacy-skills Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +1100 Every teacher needs to be a literacy teacher - but that's not happening in most Australian schools

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Gaza's humanitarian crisis https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/gazas-humanitarian-crisis?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/gazas-humanitarian-crisis Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +1100 Amid death and destruction, the latest conflict in Gaza highlights the depths of its humanitarian crisis

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Australia's preparation for the next disaster https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/australias-preparation-for-the-next-disaster?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/australias-preparation-for-the-next-disaster Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +1100 Nearly 6 months on, flood victims are still waiting to be housed. This is what Australia must do to be ready for the next disaster.

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A class action against Optus could easily be Australia's biggest - here's what is involved https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/australias-biggest-class-action?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/australias-biggest-class-action Thu, 03 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +1100 With the Optus data breach exposing almost 10 million current and former customers to identity theft, law firms are circling for what could end up being the biggest – and most valuable – class action case in Australian legal history.

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Traditional knowledge key to solving the world’s plastics pollution disaster https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/traditional-knowledge-could-be-the-answer-to-the-worlds-plastic-pollution-disaster?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/traditional-knowledge-could-be-the-answer-to-the-worlds-plastic-pollution-disaster Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +1100 A return to Indigenous-led solutions may be our only hope to address the global waste issue, according to researchers.

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NGARRAMA – Newcastle’s largest reconciliation event https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/ngarrama-newcastles-largest-reconciliation-event?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/ngarrama-newcastles-largest-reconciliation-event Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +1100 How one conversation became a community movement

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What Australia learned from recent devastating floods – and how New Zealand can apply those lessons now https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/what-australia-learned-from-devastating-floods?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/what-australia-learned-from-devastating-floods Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +1100 Australia and New Zealand have both faced a series of devastating floods triggered by climate change and the return of the La Niña weather pattern. So it makes sense that Australia has now sent disaster crews to help with the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle.

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Clock is ticking for ovarian cancer https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/the-clock-is-ticking-for-ovarian-cancer?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/the-clock-is-ticking-for-ovarian-cancer Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +1100 If a woman is diagnosed with early stage ovarian cancer, her chance of survival is high. But early detection tests don’t exist, yet. Our researchers are on the cusp of calling time for ovarian cancer.

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How Peter's heart was saved, by a Podiatry student https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/how-peters-heart-was-saved?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/how-peters-heart-was-saved Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +1000 Peter Bedford says he owes his life to a moment in his kitchen. Mr Bedford had been on his way out to work on his Central Coast property in June 2022 when a segment on local ABC radio caught his ear. It prompted him to book an appointment at the University of Newcastle Podiatry Teaching Clinic at Wyong Hospital. Some months and a quadruple bypass later, he remains breathing.

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6 young entrepreneurs making waves https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/young-entrepreneurs?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/young-entrepreneurs Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 +1000 Hear from six young entrepreneurs making waves across tourism, pharmaceuticals, food science, and mental health.

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Run like a girl https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/run-like-a-girl?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/run-like-a-girl Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +1000 The game changing program revolutionising female participation in sport

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Protecting Indigenous knowledges https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/protecting-indigenous-knowledges?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/protecting-indigenous-knowledges Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +1000 During his research to unlock the archives, Dr Hodgetts found that the keys had been long-kept from cultural knowledge-holders.

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Rerouting trauma https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/rerouting-trauma?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/rerouting-trauma Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +1100 How cultural insight and the neuroscience of trauma is changing the conversation around youth violence.

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The ripple effect of drought https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/the-ripple-effect-of-drought?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/the-ripple-effect-of-drought Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +1000 Drought is like a creeping cancer. It insidiously infects communities. It spreads profound and multifaceted challenges that demand multidisciplinary treatment.

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Fight for justice https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/fight-for-justice?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/fight-for-justice Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +1100 The fight to free Kathleen Folbigg – the woman once dubbed Australia’s worst female serial killer – started in 2013 with the University’s Legal Centre and its law students helping to drive the movement.

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Not just a youth movement: history too often forgets older protesters https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/history-too-often-forgets-older-protesters?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2023/history-too-often-forgets-older-protesters Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +1100 Recent sustained anti-coal action by Blockade Australia in the Hunter Valley has brought public protest back into the news cycle. Activists have occupied trains, railway lines and machinery in an attempt to obstruct coal production and broadcast their message about the climate crisis.

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Living alongside COVID https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/living-alongside-covid?utm_source=HippocampusCategoryRSS%26utm_medium=RSS https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2022/living-alongside-covid Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +1100 We need to brace for a tsunami of long COVID. But we're not quite sure the best way to treat it

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