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  • Griffith Review takes a leap of faith

    Griffith Review takes a leap of faith

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    Pick up some literary journals and the eyes quickly glaze over. Worthiness and pretension don’t necessarily make for good reading. Enter Griffith Review, which tends to call itself “Australia’s leading literary journal”. Turns out this is not just an idol boast because this Brisbane-based national publication is always a great read and is regarded highly…

  • Campus rallies behind popular academic as he deals with daughter’s alleged murder

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    Dr Yun Wang called emergency services after finding his 10-year-old daughter Sophie unresponsive at their Emerald Lakes home in Carrara on Tuesday night. Paramedics attempted to revive the girl, but she was declared dead at the scene. A 46-year-old woman, who has been named by multiple media outlets as the girl’s mother Yingying Xu, was…

  • Welcome to one of the most biodiverse cities on the planet

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    Boasting more than 6000 species of native animals and plants, over 50 per cent of land covered in native vegetation, the City of Gold Coast has deployed a slew of programs in relation to wildlife conservation. One of the major initiatives is the Our Natural City Strategy (ONC) 2032 which has been co-created with partner…

  • How a croc bite has led to a medical breakthrough for pain

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    That croc bite in the faraway Kimberley took off the finger of Nyikina Mangala man John Watson who then turned to the bark of a local Mudjala mangrove tree which he knew was used in traditional medicine as pain relief. He chewed on the strip of bark and also applied it to his wound. The…

  • How rock band Pearl Jam boosts Griffith’s northern digital literacy program

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    The funding would be spent updating digital technology at the school and providing professional development opportunities to staff, delivered by educational experts from Griffith University. Pearl Jam was one of the most popular grunge rock bands in the 1990s. The funding was sparked by researchers at Griffith who have been developing an artificial intelligence (AI)…

  • Sustainability a key issue when doing business with younger generation

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    Flourishing Gold Coast businesses are shifting their vision from shareholder bottom lines towards societal expectations when it comes to appeasing the sustainable generation. Craig Gillam, Co-founder and Head of Brand and Customer Experience for all-in-one social impact platform Little Phil (short for Little Philanthropist) said the business idea started in 2017 when a fellow founder…

  • Race to the bottom: Why Queensland’s youth crime misery is not improving

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    Griffith University criminologist Professor William Wood is adamant youth offending is headed for an explosion in Queensland based on decades of data from overseas jurisdictions. The Brisbane based academic has published a scathing assessment of the Palaszczuk Government’s legislation introduced earlier this year that has increased penalties and jail time as key to curbing youth…

  • The write stuff: Qld kids get on history’s page to honour our Anzacs

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    Students from across South East Queensland will pen hundreds of postcards to honour and thank veterans for their service, an initiative launched by RSL Queensland. State president, Major General Stephen Day, describes the Postcards of Honour program as “creative and educational”, while acknowledging the men and women who served in the country’s armed forces through…

  • Panic buying, shoplifting and aggression: How Covid changed the face of retail

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    One of the author’s of the report, Griffith’s Professor Michael Townsley said the retail sector in Australia and New Zealand lost about $4.3 billion a year through theft, a 28 per cent increase on four years ago when the last study was done. Customers stole more than half of the total while employees took about…

  • Griffith unlocking the secrets to Strep A virulence

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    Invasive Strep A diseases are responsible for more than 163,000 deaths each year globally and a recent increase in cases of invasive Strep A disease has been observed in Victoria, New South Wales and internationally. For the past 10 years, Institute for Glycomics Associate Professor Manisha Pandey and Professor Michael Good have been researching the…