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An ANZAC mural on a toilet block in Devenish, Victoria. Facebook/Anne Matthey Van Popering

Can a toilet block really be a war memorial?

Australia has remembered the Anzacs in many ways – but some memorials toe a fine line between form and function.
Vegetation moisture changes in the Lake Magenta region, Western Australia, during 2020. Red shows drier vegetation, blue tones wetter areas. Digital Earth Australia Fuel Moisture Content

New interactive map shows how flammable your part of Australia is right now

As Australia faces longer, more erratic fire seasons, tools like this may prove essential for staying one step ahead of the flames.
Janosch Lino/Unsplash

Grandparenting tells us much about our history. It’s important to preserve these stories

Grandparents can play a fundamental role in families, yet they have often been overlooked in Australian history.
Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti raises his hands as he enters the courtroom for his trial in Tel Aviv in 2002. Brennan Linsley/AP

The leader most capable of governing a future Palestinian state is languishing in an Israeli jail

Marwan Barghouti, jailed since 2002, remains the most popular Palestinian leader in polling and is viewed as the one most capable of uniting all Palestinians.
Alexander Shenkin

A crucial store of carbon in Australia’s tropical forests has switched from carbon sink to carbon source

The woody biomass of Australia’s tropical rainforests has already switched from carbon sink to carbon source – and the reason is climate change.

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