Our Communities

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Arts, Culture and Society

Big dreams built through remote community partnership

by Shahni Wellington

The unlikely pairing of outback Menindee and seaside Newcastle have successfully bridged the distance

Education

Teacher transformation scores top marks

by Madelaine Love

A new way of teaching has helped turn the tables at Cessnock High School. The results speak for themselves.

Busines, Law and Politics

The policing of LGBTQ+ people casts a long, dark shadow. Marching at Mardi Gras must be backed up with real change.

by Justin Ellis, Lecturer in the School of Law and Justice at the University of Newcastle, and Nicole L. Asquith, Professor of Policing in the School of Social Sciences at he University of Tasmania

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.

Arts, Culture and Society

Not just a youth movement: history too often forgets older protesters

by Effie Karageorgos

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.

Health and Wellbeing

Rerouting trauma

by Gemma Wolk

How cultural insight and the neuroscience of trauma is changing the conversation around youth violence.

Busines, Law and Politics

Fight for justice

by Carmen Swadling

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.

Our Communities

The ripple effect of drought

by Penny Harnett

Drought is like a creeping cancer. It insidiously infects communities. It spreads profound and multifaceted challenges that demand multidisciplinary treatment.

Arts, Culture and Society

Protecting Indigenous knowledges

by Shahni Wellington

During his research to unlock the archives, Dr Hodgetts found that the keys had been long-kept from cultural knowledge-holders.

Arts, Culture and Society

Run like a girl

by Gemma Wolk

The game changing program revolutionising female participation in sport

Busines, Law and Politics

6 young entrepreneurs making waves

by Madelaine Love

Hear from six young entrepreneurs making waves across tourism, pharmaceuticals, food science, and mental health.

Health and Wellbeing

How Peter's heart was saved, by a Podiatry student

by Tim Connell

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.

Arts, Culture and Society

Long before the Voice vote, the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association called for parliamentary representation

by John Maynard

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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