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An estimated 80 per cent of the cigarettes smoked in Australia last year were illegal, according to new wastewater data from the Bureau of Statistics. We asked respiratory experts what could be in them.
Queensland clothing brand Sabo says retail behemoths Kmart and Shein copied its designs. Legal experts say proving ownership of intellectual property in fashion is far more difficult than many consumers realise.
Shark fins on a plane, seahorses in your bag and sea cucumbers in the post – these are just a few examples of illegal marine wildlife trafficking.
While most Macquarie University students will spend June preparing for exams, Lachlan Bayliss will instead be preparing to take on some of world football’s biggest names.
Health and Medicine
New research from Macquarie University has found removing everyday positive mental health behaviours for just two weeks can rapidly trigger symptoms of depression and anxiety in otherwise healthy adults.
The legendary AFL footballer and coach will be remembered for his untiring efforts to raise awareness and bring together a national effort to beat MND.
Psychologists have sounded the alarm over “once in a generation” training reforms the government says will plug the gaps in Australia’s crippled mental health workforce.
Macquarie University-led research raises important questions about regional differences in incidence and potential environmental risk factors.
Explainers
From cost-of-living pressures to growing voter frustration, Macquarie University expert Kurt Sengul explores the conditions creating new opportunities for One Nation and populist politics in Australia.
AI tools are turning family photos into instant storybooks and opening publishing to anyone, but experts say the technology comes with serious trade-offs.
Science and Technology
A humpback whale stranded for weeks in Germany became a global livestream spectacle – then a rescue moved him to sea, where he died days later. Timmy’s story is a sobering lesson in putting animal welfare ahead of the urge to play saviour.
What began as a shared fascination with rockets has evolved into NERVA-ONE – an ambitious liquid rocket engine designed and built by Macquarie University students, helping lay the foundations for future aerospace and propulsion research on campus.
When Tinder launched in 2012, Silicon Valley was convinced it had solved modern dating. The right swipe promised efficiency, abundance and ease – a frictionless fix for the messiness of human connection.
A new paper co-authored by Macquarie University lecturer and renowned whale scientist Dr Vanessa Pirotta highlights the importance of ‘citizen scientists’ who have been integral in exposing a newly observed Humpback whale behaviour.
Arts and Society
From polished meeting notes to an AI-written eulogy, undisclosed assistance can mislead others about what we really think, feel or can do, raising hard questions about when that deception crosses a moral line.
Macquarie University expert Harry Blatterer explores why the end of a friendship can be so difficult to navigate, and what these often-overlooked losses reveal about the role friends play in our lives.
New research has found 260 previously unknown enclosure burials east of the Nile River.
A landmark High Court case is testing whether the subject of covertly filmed footage can claim copyright and use it to block publication. The decision could reshape public interest journalism, writes Professor Peter Greste.
Business and The Economy
Hiring a sustainability executive may look like progress, but new research from Macquarie University suggests real environmental outcomes depend on embedding sustainable practices across an organisation.
Could ‘dark triad’ traits like narcissism and manipulation in leadership actually foster entrepreneurial energy? New research shows they may, but the same traits that build successful start-ups can also break them.
News the Australian government will spend over A$10 billion to boost fuel supplies is both welcome and well overdue.
As 'Michael' – a major biographical film on Michael Jackson – hits cinemas more than a decade and a half after the singer’s death, a new study shows dead artists' brands remain powerful long after they are gone.